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Bruce Holmquist

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DID YOU KNOW?

REMINDER THAT THE CANADIAN SIMMENTAL AND THE AMERICAN SIMMENTAL AND ALL FOREIGN SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATIONS’ FRACTION TABLES WILL DIFFER

Prior to purchasing a Simmental and bringing it into Canada, you will want to ensure the fraction in the ASA and all other foreign countries align with the CSA fraction table to your satisfaction for your herd. Prior to your purchase call into the CSA and request a Canadian % review to be completed; this comes at a cost of $25.00/head.

From The

Gatepost

By Bruce Holmquist General Manager, Canadian Simmental Association

Where To From Here

Its mid-September and the crop is coming off with somewhat better yields than anticipated in many areas across Canada. While there unfortunately are areas of absolute disaster there are also an equal or greater number of producers that are pleasantly surprised. Late summer storms wreaked havoc in some areas and hopefully some of that can be salvaged for livestock feed.

Every week we hear that the cattle market in Canada is at an all-time high and it’s a fact. Calves in many areas are selling for over $4000 right off the cow with finished cattle well over $5000. Absolutely incredible! It’s hard not to be excited to be in the cattle business! Cull cows and bulls are also at record levels – let the good times roll!

With these great prices however comes the question – where to from here. Do we market the heifer calves or do we retain them beyond the normal herd maintenance numbers and breed them for gradual herd expansion, or do we pull out all stops and retain a large number of the most expensive replacements the industry has ever seen?

What bred replacements will be worth this fall is anyone’s guess at this point and may be very dependent on the amount of winter feed available in each area.

We all know that the North American cowherd is pretty much at record low numbers but how much risk are folks willing to take for the long run. I expect some will take considerable risk and they may just win.

Anyone walking through a supermarket meat department quickly sees the huge price difference between beef, pork and poultry. As cattle and beef producers we are quick to defend the price we receive for our product at and rightfully so, it’s our livelihood and it’s what we do, and we do it very well.

But do we do it as well as we can in all areas?

Are we maximizing profitability through the genetic potential of all our cows or are we breeding them all to heifer bulls. While that may seem to be a ridiculous comment its not far off with some commercial herds in their quest to use 80-pound and under birth weight bulls on 1400-pound cows.

Regardless of what some folks think that’s not a big cow in many parts of Canada. It used to be quite standard to expect a cow to be able to have a calf that was 7 percent of her body weight and it’s not hard to understand that 80-pound bulls aren’t likely to hit that mark.

Of course, birthweight is no guarantee of pounds across the scale but if we are honest with ourselves, we all know that little extra weight at birth does usually translate to pounds in the fall.

We have seen some drastic changes to the maximum weights that packers are accepting and preferring in their facilities. Long gone are the days of 1250 pound steers checking the box. 1500-pound steers are now closer to the norm and in fact there is considerable and serious discussion as to what the preferred carcass size will be even ten years from now. The heifers being retained for breeding this fall will still be producing those calves.

Will they be able to do that without going back to the days of grassing feeder calves and needing to grow them out for an extra year. Those are some very expensive grass converters and will never compete in the meat-case with birds and pigs. If I seem to have more questions than answers its because I do – even after 50 years in the beef business.

All the best with your remaining harvest and selling those calves – if you decide to.

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BREED IMPROVEMENT

BY SEAN MCGRATH

Breed Improvement Coordinator for the Canadian Simmental Association

SETTING THE PROFIT BAR (REVISED)

This article was originally published in 2016, and I have revised it to reflect current conditions. This last incredible run raises additional questions about where to invest profit. Genetic tools are one area with a potential long-term and cumulative payback.

There is no question that it has been an interesting time in the cattle markets over the last couple of years. With calf markets reaching unprecedented highs, feedyards dealing with unprecedented risk but also positive returns, beef demand recovering to historic highs, and volatility reaching never-before-seen levels, there has never been a better time to learn about marketing and profitability. Through all of this roller coaster ride, one simple rule emerges over and over again: in order to be profitable, at some point someone else has to have more invested in your cattle than you do.

This concept can sometimes be a bit difficult to digest as we all have a lot of blood, sweat, tears, and money invested in our individual cattle operations, but for longterm profit, we have to have customers that invest more per calf than it costs to produce them. This translates into a couple of key principles. For my money, the first thing to focus on is that we need to be grateful for our customers and express this gratitude. Secondly, this also means we need to ensure that we are adding inherent value that our customers can realize. In the long term, each customer, whether they are buying bulls, feeder calves, or fat cattle, has the need to sell those animals for more than they have invested.

With this mindset, the further our product is from the end consumer in the beef chain, the more factors we need to consider as we are adding value for a bigger portion of the chain. A seedstock supplier has a tremendous responsibility, and they need to consider their direct customers’ needs, which may include things such as calving ease, weaning weight, and maternal strengths. AND in order for their customer to have people interested in investing in their calves, they need to think about feedlot gain, feed conversion, and carcass characteristics. Additionally, for the customer of their customer and further down the chain, we need to consider things such as meat quality, cutability, shelf life, and consumer satisfaction.

The seedstock industry establishes the genetic potential for the industry as a whole. A cow/calf producer is selling calves with a genetic makeup already in place, so the focus shifts to managing the cattle to be healthy and in a position to realize their full potential further down the chain. Feedlots are responsible for health and handling, as well as marketing decisions that place a premium carcass in the hands of packers, who are responsible for cutting, handling, and sorting those carcasses in a way that creates the best eating experience for the consumer, who is the only source of new money into the system.

When we take all of these considerations into account and combine them with the volatility of the marketplace, it sometimes seems that things are spinning out of control. One of the exciting ways that we can deal with increased volatility and the need to focus beyond our place in the production chain is to access improved information with which to make decisions. Improvements to information occur through enhanced timeliness and more accurate information. A good analogy would be the weather report. An accurate and timely weather report allows us to deal with what is coming much more effectively than one that is completely off base.

Improving the power of the genetic weather report is one of the major roles of the CSA and its membership, who supply Sim genetics to the beef industry. Simmental breeders have invested significant amounts both independently and through the breed association into new technology that uses DNA samples directly from animals as young as a day old to significantly improve the accuracy of genetic evaluation and access traits that are hard to measure directly.

In a nutshell, the technology allows us to look at an animal’s DNA directly and do a better job of figuring out the genetics it contains that will be passed on to commercial progeny—and do it sooner than ever before. This means we can more accurately focus our efforts on providing cattle that meet or exceed not only the customers’ needs, but also the customer of the customer’s needs and those of the end consumer.

Historically, we have analyzed genetics in hindsight, by observing performance and progeny and then projecting those results forward onto the next generation. This is why the first word in Expected Progeny Difference (EPD) is “Expected.” Knowledge of DNA will make it possible to better manage cattle and add value to those who are investing in our product at each stage of production. While we are still trying to predict or project improvement into the next generation, the use of EPD technology has resulted in tremendous progress. By looking at the DNA of an animal directly and adding this information into the process, we can improve the accuracy and speed of that projection.

This means we can more accurately target increasing value and decreasing volatility in the information used in decision-making. Accurately identifying the genetics present in each animal and thus better targeting where the most value can be gained means that the industry can make improvements to the current generation of cattle faster and more accurately than ever before.

Genetics provide the raw material or “set the bar” for how well an animal can/will perform. The genetic makeup of an animal thus limits how much your customer and their customer can invest in your cattle. If we think back to the original profitability proposition that your customer must have more invested in your cattle than you do, accurately setting the bar and marketing that is a key driver and potential limitation on profitability. The goal is not to “set the profit bar” but to raise it.

Since this article was written nearly a decade ago, CSA and its members have invested in research in new trait development, including longevity, mature weight, and heifer pregnancy. They have also invested in improved DNA technology with higher-resolution DNA chips and rebate programs to encourage member adoption. Additionally, new trait collection options have been provided to members through the Total Herd Enrolment program, and unprecedented genetic options are available for member use in designing genetics to serve the industry.

This reflection through time is a good reminder of the cyclical nature of the industry, but also an encouragement to engage with new tools and technology and ensure that we invest back into genetic tools that let us secure long-term profitability for the entire beef chain.

BRUCE HOLMQUIST LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT CHAPTER

After 25 years of being involved in some capacity with the Canadian Simmental Association (CSA), general manager Bruce Holmquist says his leaving the organization in early 2026 isn’t retirement, it’s more about getting involved in new opportunities and taking on new challenges.

Holmquist who was born and raised on a mixed farming operation at Kinistino, in north central Saskatchewan, about two hours northeast of Saskatoon, has had some involvement with the Simmental beef breed most of his life.

He has been raising purebred Simmental cattle since he was 16 — so that’s nearly 50 years. He was involved in 4-H and the Young Canadian Simmental Association at the local and provincial level. He was on the board of the Saskatchewan Simmental Association for several years and later served on the CSA board, including a term as president. He became an employee of the CSA helping with marketing in 2006 and for the past 13 years he has served as CSA general manager.

“My contract with the CSA is up next March, and I just think it is time for some new blood in the organization,” says Holmquist, who’s 64. “I’m not using the retirement word. I think I still have a few miles left, so I’d like to explore some new opportunities. I still plan to be involved with the beef industry and contribute where I can.”

Much like in professional sports where coaches can come and go, Holmquist says being a general manager for a breed association often isn’t a position with longevity. “I’ve really enjoyed working with the various boards, but now it’s time to try some new things, and leave on my terms,” he says.

With Bruce as the third generation, the Holmquist farm has always had beef cattle. His dad, Ernest, over the years had Shorthorn cattle, then Hereford, and Charolais. Bruce bought his first two Simmental heifers at Canadian Western Agribition in 1977 from the proceeds of selling weanling pigs and 4-H steers.

“We had a few purebred cattle, but it was mostly a commercial beef herd,” says Holmquist. In 1977 Bruce also went into partnership with a neighbour and together they bought a four-year-old Fleckvieh bull from a dispersal sale in Saskatoon that had originally been imported from Ireland. “This was long before most North Americans even knew what a Fleckvieh was,” he says. “I didn’t then either, he was just a very good bull. “That bull was really my start in the purebred business,” says Bruce. “I was just 16, but I had been involved in 4-H and liked the idea of raising and showing cattle. I started a purebred beef herd under the name Spruce Grove Simmentals and it has been going ever since.”

They kept that Fleckvieh bull for a few breeding seasons before selling it to a commercial producer. “He continued to be a herd sire for several more years,” says Holmquist. “That bull produced a lot of offspring.”

As Holmquist graduated from high school, he joined the family farming operation and continued to raise and show Simmental cattle. After selling the Fleckvieh bull, he transitioned to producing polled full blood Simmental cattle. He was a member of the Carrot River Valley Simmental Association — a group of producers in northeast Saskatchewan.

“After high school I stayed home and ranched and farmed with my dad and did my best to expand the purebred Simmental herd,” he says. “It was in the days of 20 per cent interest at the bank, so there was no borrowing money for cattle, but we did other things like trade grain to buy cows.

“There was the farm to run, but my dad was always very supportive of my interest in raising purebred cattle so I was able to get away to attend various shows and sales. I was on the road quite a bit. I remember in the early 1980s and being at one of the last big fall shows in Calgary. I think it was called Calgary Roundup, and there I was as a 21-year-old kid and I owned or had shares in three of the six heifers in the Junior Championship Class. One of them went on to be Reserve Grand Champion female.”

During the 1980s, Holmquist focused on raising Full Blood Simmental, and eventually transitioned to producing polled cattle. Then by the 1990s, Spruce Grove Simmentals moved to producing red and black Simmental cattle. “I believe I showed my first red baldy cattle at Agribition in the early 1990s,” he says.

Holmquist always had belief in the Simmental breed as good quality cattle but admits that breeding got too extreme through the late 1970s and into the 1980s producing big cattle, often known to have calving difficulty as they produced too large of calves at birth, and overall were not very efficient in the feedlot.

“For a number of years the traditional Simmental cattle were on the “don’t buy list” among feedlots and order buyers,” says Holmquist. “The breed had become too extreme. Breeders finally realized they had missed the mark and began focusing on producing more moderate sized cattle that better suited commercial cow-calf producers. Cattle that also had improved feed efficiency.

Breeders finally started listening to their customers.” Raising red and black cattle was one way to get Simmental cattle into the auction mart and under the radar of order buys who didn’t want spotted cattle of any breed. “The solid colored cattle became very popular,” says Holmquist. “Breeders made changes and the Canadian Simmental Association helped out as well working with breeders and providing tools to source improved genetics. Breeding efforts such as EPDs and the Sire Summary played a huge role in getting the Simmental breed back on track.”

Spruce Grove Simmentals did diversify to also raise purebred Red Angus cattle for a few years. That was when the farm name was changed to Spruce Grove Cattle Company. Holmquist says both moves helped with marketing. As people were interested in having a look at Angus cattle, it was an opportunity to also show producers the pen of Simmental cattle beside them.

Holmquist got married in 1983 and raised a family of two girls and a boy, who are all now grown with families and farming ventures of their own. Oldest daughter Jenna Timm and family farm near Kinistino, son Matthew and family own HQ Cattle Company near Laird, Sask., while daughter Paige Warner and family farm near Beatty, Sask. There are also six grandchildren in the family as well.

Holmquist was involved with the YCSA program during the 1980s, eventually serving a term as president of the Saskatchewan YCS. “I was always involved in the youth

programs,” he says. “In fact every generation of the Holmquist family has been involved with the 4-H program. My dad, my sister and myself, all of my children and now some of my grandchildren — four generations of this family — have been or are all involved in 4-H.”

Holmquist took a bit of break from association work during the 1990s, but then in 2000 became a director of the Canadian Simmental Association. He served a six-year term, which included five years on the executive committee.

In his final year as CSA president he was also chairman of the 2006 Simmental World Congress, hosted by CSA and held in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and finishing in Calgary, AB. “We hosted the world congress in 2006 and again in 2024,” he says. “The world congress is a major event and I was pleased to be part of both events. It is quite an achievement for Canada to host it three times with the first being in 1978.”

As his term as CSA president wrapped up in 2006, Holmquist says he was planning to just drift off to the sidelines and be a Past President, however the CSA general manager at the time, Dale Kelly asked him if he would join the CSA staff to help with marketing.

He accepted the offer and helped with association marketing and eventually was in charge of the CSA magazine, Simmental Country. Then in 2012 he became CSA general manager.

“In one capacity or another, I have been involved with the CSA either as a director or staff for about 25 years,” says Holmquist. “It has been gratifying so see the breed and association be successful and enjoy tremendous growth over that time.” Holmquist says the popularity of the Simmental breed continues to increase among commercial producers, even though the size of the commercial cowherd has declined in recent years.

And the association itself, which was launched in 1968, has in the past couple decades remained strong and profitable without increasing fees. “At one time in the 1990s the CSA was struggling,” says Holmquist. “But management changed and we are also seeing more purebred cattle being registered with the association as more true seedstock producers are raising Simmentals,” he says. “That includes new people to the purebred industry, as well as existing purebred operations that raised one breed of purebred cattle, but now they are diversifying and adding another breed — Simmental cattle. The total herd enrollment numbers have been increasing every year, which keeps the association strong.”

Other important projects during Holmquist’s years with the CSA include support and growth of the YCSA program in all regions of Canada. “It is important to have young people involved with Simmental cattle,” he says. “They may not all stay on the farm, but this is where many of our future breeders and decision makers come from so it is important.”

The CSA also helped develop the Friends of Canadian Simmental Foundation. The foundation was created to help promote the Simmental breed, support research projects, administer scholarships, and support programs for youth in the agriculture and Simmental cattle industries.

The association was also a major contributor to a three-year research project started in 2010 aimed at improving the beef industry through the Simmental breed called Simmental Innovations.

A $500,000 investment from CSA and the Simmental Foundation served as seed money that was leveraged with provincial and federal government contributions to provide a total of $3.2 million to fund research in meat quality, feed intake and feed efficiency, breeding fertility and genomic mapping.

He also gave credit to the CSA board of directors for guiding the association and the Simmental breed through the BSE crisis of 2003. “The CSA wasn’t as affected as much as we thought we might be, but it was a good wakeup call that the association needed to have contingency plans and put funds in place in case there is a national emergency such as a disease outbreak,” says Holmquist. “Hopefully we never need to use those reserves, but they are in place so the association can keep operating and provide service to its members.”

Holmquist says he has been fortunate to be able to be involved with the Simmental breed from both sides of the table — as a director for several years and then as a staff member for nearly 20 years. “It has been a great opportunity,” he says. “Not only have I been able to work with beef producers across Canada, but I’ve also had opportunity to see much of the world and meet so many great people across Europe, South America, Mexico and even China.

“Also I have been fortunate to work with some excellent board members and exceptional presidents over the years, who have provided strong leadership for this association. Every board has it challenges, but the CSA seems to attract the right people at the right time. I have also enjoyed working with a tremendous staff at the CSA office. They are a dedicated group of people, some who have been there for more than 20 years, and who work hard to serve the Simmental breeders. They have also helped to make my job so much easier.”

While Holmquist loved his time with the CSA — “I’d do it again in a heartbeat”, but he has decided it is time to move on. “It’s time for someone else to be in this office and take the association and the Simmental breed to the next level,” he says. “I’m not going to miss climbing up those stairs at the CSA office, but otherwise it has been a great run.

Spruce Grove Cattle Co. is still operating so I will be able to spend more time with the farm, but I know there will be opportunities that will come along. I plan to stay involved with the beef industry and make a contribution where ever I can.”

Du Poste

DE porte

By Bruce Holmquistt Directeur général - Association Simmental du Canada

Où allons-nous à partir d’ici ?

On est à la mi-septembre et les récoltes vont bien avec des rendements un peu meilleurs que prévu dans de nombreuses régions du Canada. Bien qu’il y ait malheureusement des zones de catastrophe absolue, il y a aussi un nombre égal ou supérieur de producteurs qui sont agréablement surpris. Des tempêtes à la fin de l’été ont causé des ravages dans certaines régions et il est à espérer qu’une partie des cultures affectées pourra être récupérée pour nourrir le bétail.

Chaque semaine, nous entendons dire que le marché du bétail au Canada est à un niveau record et c’est un fait. Les veaux dans de nombreuses régions se vendent pour plus de 4000 $ fraichement sevrés de leur mère et les bovins finis bien au-delà de 5000 $.

Absolument incroyable ! C’est difficile de ne pas être excité d’être dans le secteur du bétail ! Les vaches de réforme et les taureaux sont également à des niveaux records – souhaitons que cela dure longtemps !

Avec ces prix élevés, cependant, vient la question – où allons-nous à partir d’ici ? Vendons-nous les génisses ou les conservons-nous au-delà du nombre normal d’animaux requis pour le remplacement du troupeau et les élevons pour une expansion progressive du troupeau, ou mettons-nous tout en œuvre et conservons-nous un grand nombre de sujets de remplacement les plus coûteux que l’industrie ait jamais vus ? Que vaudront les taures gestantes cet automne, qui peut le deviner à ce stade et cela pourrait dépendre beaucoup de la quantité d’aliment disponible dans chaque région en vue de l’hiver.

Nous savons tous que les troupeaux de vaches en Amérique du Nord sont à un niveau record, mais combien de risques les gens sont prêts à prendre sur le long terme. Je m’attends à ce que certains prennent des risques considérables et ils pourraient simplement gagner.

Quiconque se promène dans le rayon des viandes d’un supermarché voit rapidement l’énorme différence de prix entre le bœuf, le porc et la volaille.

En tant que producteurs de bovins et de viande bovine, nous sommes rapides à défendre le prix que nous recevons pour nos produits et à juste titre, c’est notre gagne-pain et c’est ce que nous faisons, et nous le faisons très bien.

Mais le faisons-nous aussi bien que possible dans tous les domaines ?

Maximisons-nous la rentabilité grâce au potentiel génétique de toutes nos vaches ou les faisons-nous toutes saillir par des taureaux faciles de vêlage ? Bien que cela puisse sembler un commentaire ridicule, ce n’est pas si loin avec certains troupeaux commerciaux dans leur quête d’utiliser des taureaux avec un poids de naissance de 80 lb ou moins sur des vaches de 1400 livres.

Peu importe ce que certaines personnes pensent, ce n’est pas une grosse vache pour de nombreuses régions du Canada. Il était assez courant de s’attendre à ce qu’une vache puisse avoir un veau qui pesait 7 pour cent de son poids corporel et il n’est pas difficile de comprendre que les taureaux avec un poids de naissance de 80 livres ne sont pas susceptibles d’atteindre cette marque.

Bien sûr, le poids à la naissance n’est pas une garantie de poids additionnel sur la balance mais, si nous sommes honnêtes avec nous-mêmes, nous savons tous qu’un peu plus de poids supplémentaire à la naissance se traduit généralement par des livres de plus à l’automne.

Nous avons constaté des changements radicaux dans les poids maximaux que les abattoirs acceptent et préfèrent dans leurs installations. Les bouvillons de 1250 livres qui étaient la norme sont révolus depuis longtemps.

Les bouvillons de 1500 livres sont maintenant plus proches de la réalité et, en fait, il y a des discussions considérables et sérieuses sur ce que sera la taille préférée des carcasses dans dix ans d’ici. Les génisses retenues pour la reproduction cet automne produiront toujours ces veaux.

Seront-ils capables de faire cela sans revenir à l’époque où les veaux d’embouche étaient élevés en pâturage et devaient être engraissés pendant une année supplémentaire? Ce sont des convertisseurs d’herbe très coûteux et ils ne concurrenceront jamais dans le comptoir des viandes avec les oiseaux et les cochons.

Si j’ai l’air d’avoir plus de questions que de réponses, c’est parce que c’est le cas – même après 50 ans dans le secteur du bœuf. Bonne chance avec la fin de vos récoltes et la vente de vos veaux – si vous décidez de les vendre.

AMELIORATION DE LA RACE

PAR SEAN MCGRATH

Coordonnateur des programmes d’amelioration de la race, Association Simmental du Canada

FIXER LA BARRE DU PROFIT (RÉVISÉ)

Cet article a été publié initialement en 2016, et je l’ai révisé pour refléter les conditions actuelles. La dernière période plutôt incroyable soulève des questions supplémentaires sur l’endroit où investir le profit. Les outils génétiques sont un domaine avec un potentiel de retour sur l’investissement à long terme et cumulatif. Il ne fait aucun doute que les marchés des bovins ont connu une période intéressante au cours des dernières années. Avec des marchés de veaux atteignant des sommets sans précédent, des parcs d’engraissement faisant face à un risque sans précédent mais aussi à des rendements positifs, la demande de viande bovine atteignant des sommets historiques et une volatilité atteignant des niveaux jamais vus, il n’y a jamais eu un meilleur moment pour apprendre le marketing et la rentabilité. À travers tout ce tour de montagnes russes, une règle simple émerge à plusieurs reprises. Pour être rentable, à un moment donné quelqu’un d’autre doit avoir plus investi dans votre bétail que vous.

Ce concept peut parfois être un peu difficile à digérer car nous avons tous beaucoup de sang, de sueur, de larmes et d’argent investi dans nos opérations individuelles de bovins. Mais, pour faire un profit à long terme, nous devons avoir des clients qui investissent plus par veau que cela ne coûte pour les produire. Cela se traduit par quelques principes clés. Pour moi, la première chose sur laquelle se concentrer est que nous devons être reconnaissants envers nos clients et exprimer cette gratitude. Deuxièmement, cela signifie également que nous devons nous assurer d’ajouter une valeur inhérente que nos clients peuvent réaliser. À long terme, chaque client, qu’il achète des taureaux ou des veaux d’embouche ou des bovins finis, a besoin de vendre ces animaux pour plus que ce qu’ils ont investi. Avec cet état d’esprit, plus notre produit est éloigné du consommateur final dans la chaîne de la viande bovine, plus nous devons prendre en compte d’autres facteurs car nous ajoutons de la valeur pour une plus grande partie de la chaîne. Un éleveur en race pure a une énorme responsabilité et il doit prendre en compte les besoins de ses clients directs, qui peuvent inclure des éléments tels que la facilité de vêlage, le poids au sevrage et les qualités maternelles, ET pour que son client ait des personnes intéressées à investir dans ses veaux, ils doivent penser au gain de poids en parc d’engraissement, à la conversion alimentaire et aux caractéristiques des carcasses. De plus, pour le client de son client et plus loin dans la chaîne, nous devons prendre en compte des éléments tels que la qualité de la viande, la facilité de coupe, la durée de conservation et la satisfaction du consommateur.

L’industrie des sélectionneurs en race pure établit le potentiel génétique pour l’industrie. Un producteur vache-veau vend des veaux avec une composition génétique déjà en place, donc l’accent est mis sur la gestion du bétail pour qu’il soit en bonne santé et en mesure de réaliser son plein potentiel plus loin dans la chaîne. Les parcs d’engraissement sont responsables de la santé et de la manutention, ainsi que des décisions de commercialisation qui placent une carcasse de qualité supérieure entre les mains des transformateurs, qui sont responsables de la découpe, manipuler et trier ces carcasses de manière à créer la meilleure expérience alimentaire pour le consommateur qui est la seule source d’argent frais dans le système.

Lorsque nous prenons en compte toutes ces considérations et que nous les combinons avec la volatilité du marché, il semble parfois que les choses deviennent hors de contrôle. L’une des façons passionnantes dont nous pouvons faire face à la volatilité accrue et au besoin de nous concentrer au-delà de notre place dans la chaîne de production est d’accéder à des informations améliorées avec lesquelles prendre des décisions. Les améliorations de l’information se produisent grâce à des informations plus précises et qui sont actuelles. Une bonne analogie serait le bulletin météo.

Un bulletin météo précis et courant nous permet de faire face à ce qui arrive beaucoup plus efficacement qu’un bulletin complètement désuet.Améliorer la puissance du rapport météorologique génétique est l’un des rôles majeurs de l’ASC et de ses membres qui fournissent la génétique Simmental à l’industrie bovine. Les éleveurs de Simmental ont investi des sommes importantes, à la fois indépendamment et par l’intermédiaire de l’association de race, dans une nouvelle technologie qui utilise des échantillons d’ADN provenant d’animaux aussi jeunes qu’un jour, pour améliorer considérablement la précision de l’évaluation génétique et accéder à des caractères qui sont difficiles à mesurer directement.

En résumé, la technologie nous permet de regarder directement l’ADN d’un animal et de mieux comprendre la génétique qu’il contient qui sera transmise à la progéniture commerciale, et tout cela plus tôt que jamais auparavant. Cela signifie que nous pouvons plus précisément concentrer nos efforts sur la production de bovins qui répondent ou dépassent non seulement les besoins des clients, mais aussi ceux de leurs clients et ceux du consommateur final.

Historiquement, nous avons analysé la génétique avec un regard sur le passé, en observant les performances et la progéniture, puis en projetant ces résultats vers la génération suivante. C’est pourquoi le premier mot dans “Expected Progeny Difference (EPD)” est « Expected » ou espéré. La connaissance de l’ADN permettra de mieux gérer nos bovins et d’ajouter de la valeur à ceux qui investissent dans notre produit à chaque étape de la production. Bien que nous essayions encore de prédire ou de projeter l’amélioration dans la prochaine génération, l’utilisation de la technologie des EPD a permis de faire des progrès énormes. En regardant directement l’ADN d’un animal et en ajoutant cette information dans le processus, nous pouvons améliorer la précision et la vitesse de cette projection. Cela signifie que nous pouvons cibler plus précisément l’augmentation de la valeur et la diminution de la volatilité des informations utilisées dans la prise de décision. Identifier avec précision la génétique présente dans chaque animal et ainsi mieux cibler où la plus grande valeur peut être gagnée signifie que l’industrie peut apporter des améliorations à la génération actuelle de bovins plus rapidement et plus précisément que jamais auparavant.

La génétique fournit la matière première ou « fixe la barre » pour déterminer la performance d’un animal. La composition génétique d’un animal limite ainsi combien votre client et leur client peuvent investir dans vos animaux. Si nous revenons à la proposition de rentabilité initiale selon laquelle votre client doit avoir investi plus dans votre bétail que vous, en fixant avec précision la barre et le marketing qui est un facteur clé et potentiellement une limitation sur la rentabilité. L’objectif n’est pas de « fixer la barre de profit » mais de l’augmenter.

Depuis que cet article a été écrit il y a près d’une décennie, l’ASC et ses membres ont investi dans la recherche sur le développement de nouveaux caractères, notamment la longévité, le poids à maturité et la fertilité des génisses. Ils ont également investi dans une technologie d’ADN améliorée avec des puces à ADN de résolution plus élevée et des programmes de rabais pour encourager l’adoption par les membres. De plus, de nouvelles options de cueillette de données sur des caractères ont été offertes aux membres dans le cadre du programme d’enrôlement du troupeau complet et des options génétiques sans précédent sont disponibles pour les membres afin qu’ils puissent mieux concevoir la génétique au service de l’industrie. Cette réflexion à travers le temps est un bon rappel de la nature cyclique de l’industrie, mais aussi une incitation à s’engager avec de nouveaux outils et technologies et à s’assurer que nous investissons en retour dans des outils génétiques qui nous permettent d’assurer une rentabilité à long terme pour toute la chaîne du bœuf.

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VET’S ADVICE

BY ROY LEWIS, DVM

PREVENTING BULL/BULL CALF INJURIES

I don’t think this research has ever been done but if one were to track purebred bull calves from an early age until sale we would find the two top reasons for culling, selling, death, and other losses are fertility and injuries.

I would include lameness in this tally as a high percentage of them in breeding bulls results initially from injury. In this article I am reaching out to you cattle producers for practical tips you may have on reducing the numbers of injuries/lameness we get on either raising bulls for sale or in keeping our herd sires breeding. I am going to share some of the things I know or have learned over the years.

If you send me your ideas this may call for a follow-up article under the auspices of improving health and welfare of our purebred bull calves through to maturity. We all hate to see that one injured bull so close to their productive life. With riding behavior in young developing bulls the sooner we know they are culls they should be castrated and, if you want implanted at that time to maintain growth almost equal to their intact male counterparts.

Banding the too high birth weight bull calf for castration at spring processing because of phenotype structure or not the right color will decrease riding, fighting and avoid the castration risk at an older age. I can safely say all, or almost all, breeders when natural breeding have bull calves and their mothers separate from the cows with heifer calves. Ideally non-pregnant cows are removed, as we all know the riding frenzy that occurs from multiple young bull calves going almost vertical trying to breed a large cow. This is how the rectal prolapses occur in the summer. We can almost guarantee the calves that develop these prolapses have good libido. On repairing if the sutures are left in a little longer these may scar down a bit better.

I have done several semen tests over the years where we need to use a very small probe as the rectum has scarred down. Bull calves at this time are also prone to damaging primarily their hocks or hips on young still developing bone and cartilage with easily damaged growth plates especially on the ends of the long bones.

A lot of injuries at this age may be permanent unfortunately. One thing the poor conformation bulls will really show themselves as feet and leg problems are exacerbated. When weaning bull calves always need to have lots space, some have rocks to rub on others have cage type things for calves getting ridden to hide in. Severe riding behavior can take out many of the bulls being ridden.

A more common injury is the hip joints and the cartilage getting stripped away resulting in severely shortening stride. A couple things I have seen here is making a decision to remove quickly or remove treat and place back.

Here is a place for quick use of NSAID’s maybe repeat treatments and some now are spraying vinegar over the back in the hopes of masking the smell and making the introduction back into the pen more favorable. No different than feedlot cattle keep the bull calves well fed. Anything that leads to boredom and crowding absolutely leads to more riding. Give lots of feed bunk space and access to water and pens that have no trapped corners. Again devices such as brushes and oilers go a long way to avoid boredom. The oilers can even run with just the oil and medication should only be put in at the times needed to treat lice in fall and face and horn flies in summer.

This applies to your herd sires when resting in the non-breeding season lots of space and room to move ideally. Watch the bedding in the winter to avoid frozen testicles and remember to give the preventative vaccines and deworming treating for lice and flies that you do to the rest of the herd.

They are sometimes the forgotten group and many of these things can be done at semen checking time next spring. It is interesting if insuring your bulls that no claims for foot rot are allowed if the bulls have not been vaccinated. We all know many of the lamenesses in bulls are injuries, sole abscesses, and not foot rot. The worst thing for you as a cattle producer is to have a bull become really lame just before breeding season.

Having the feet trimmed also helps prevent injuries from long hooves breaking off when breeding, fighting or simply slipping. Preventative hoof care goes a long way to helping prevent these injuries. Single sire matings prevent bull issues in breeding season but that is only if convenient and the bull better be fertile. I do believe we need to look at the incessant fighters and instigators, I know many a producer where certain bulls are continually fighting knocking bulls out the breeding program. These bulls are the same problems in the bull pen in the off-season. Have no hesitation culling a problem bull, fighter or for other reasons that make handling unsafe or stirs up the rest of the bull battery. With transporting bulls it goes without saying to haul with pen mates use partitions in the trailer when necessary and use low stress handling techniques. Some bulls handled poorly seem to snap and never recover. A tranquilizer for a long trip could be in order.

Try the vinegar to mask the smell when mixing and see if there is any merit in it. There are now the anti-stress products like FerAppease, DeStress or the latest product called Cattle Zen which do the trick as far as maintaining appeal. Again, if any tips/tricks you have seen to minimize problems with raising bulls or wintering them please let me know. The new saying or trend is calling this enrichment and increasing enrichment should conversely decrease injuries.

Contact me at lewisroydvm@gmail.com if any great ideas you are using that could be shared with fellow producers.

CANADIAN BEEF BREEDERS COUNCIL

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[RE]INTRODUCTION

OF CBBC

CBBC could appear to be just another acronym lost in the sea of recognition. I urge you to pause for a moment, the way you might when you take stock of the fall calf crop you’ve just raised. At CBBC we’ve done the same, and we’d like to reintroduce ourselves and share what it is the organization spends its invested time on.

The Canadian Beef Breeds Council (CBBC) has operated for 30+ years on behalf of the seedstock sector. Our mandate is to support, promote and represent the Canadian beef seedstock sector. CBBC is your voice to other national organizations and governments to elevate the issues that matter to you as a member of our sector. Yes, Checkoff dollars exist to help fund organizations like the Canadian Cattle Association (CCA) as the national voice of Canada’s 60,000 beef farms and feedlots.

However, Canadian Beef Breeds Council is funded through membership dollars and is the partner CCA (and other organizations) engage with when seedstock specific matters arise because our board is comprised of breeders and member organizations who understand the niche we have within the beef industry. I’ll include a list of collaborations below for your review.

Not only does CBBC advance the beef seedstock sector through unified representation, but we also administer government AgriMarketing funding accessible to our membership to help promote Canadian genetics on a global scale.

The opportunity to access this funding also extends to you. As a breeder, sales consultant, industry organization, etc. because our membership is open to those who assist in the fulfilment of the mandate of the Council. There are government enforced parameters set out for eligible expenses through the AgriMarketing program regarding target countries and types of expenses. Details can be outlined further upon inquiry.

I hope I’ve piqued your interest and I’m confident in the mandate behind CBBC, so I invite you to give Shawn Wilson (current Chair) or me (Macy, CEO) a call to discuss more of what we do or to join our membership. Regardless, we continue to work with great people both on our board and within our network on behalf of this sector and I hope to share more of that with you going forward.

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Canadian Beef Breeds Council Industry Engagement

● Active within the Canadian Cattle Association:

○ Participate regularly recurring meetings for the: Lead Teams, Division Managers, Provincial Members, and Communications Managers.

○ Attend and Report at both CCA Directors and Board Meetings

○ Member of CCA Foreign Trade and Food Policy Committees

○ Member of the Canadian Beef Advisors

● National Beef Strategy

● Host monthly Breed Manager member meetings

● Member of the Canadian Beef Industry Conference Board

● Member of Beef Improvement Federation Board

● Member of Canadian Cattle Identification Agency Board

● Co-Chair BCRC Genetic Literacy Working Group

● Member of Technology Working Group, Animal Protein Roundtable

● Involved with Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Roundtables, Trade Updates, and Market Access Secretariats

Canadian Beef Breeds Council Membership

Breed Members:

Canadian Blonde D’Aquitaine Association

Canadian Gelbvieh Association

Canadian Hereford Association

Canadian Limousin Association

Canadian Lowline Association

Canadian Maine Anjou Association

Canadian Shorthorn Association

Canadian Simmental Association

Canadian Speckle Park Association

Salers Association of Canada

Associate Members: AgSights

By Livestock Inc.

Canadian Western Agribition

FarmFair International

Merit Cattle Co.

Moose Creek Red Angus

Peterosa Exports

Semex Alliance

SW Cattle Co.

CANADIAN CATTLE ASSOCIATION

BY TYLER FULTON Canadian Cattle Association President

The week of September 8-11, the Canadian Cattle Association held its semi-annual meeting in Quebec for the first time. It was also the first meeting to be held independent of the Canadian Beef Industry Conference in 10 years.

We were humbled and impressed by an excellent turnout. The Quebec Beef Industry Tour organized by Les Producteurs de bovins du Québec (PBQ) attracted 80 participants and 185 attended the banquet.

I wasn’t able to participate in the tour as I was attending the federalprovincial agriculture ministers meeting in Winnipeg, but there was an incredible amount of positive feedback about the tour. There was a common thread amongst the comments and the feedback.

Producers attend tours and field days in their own provinces and regions all the time—and these are valuable experiences—but nothing compares to venturing outside of your own area to see first-hand the land, environment and conditions that your fellow producers raise cattle in.

I’ll never forget the first time that I saw the hills and treed areas on small parcels of land that Quebec beef producers raise cattle in—or the farms and ranches situated in the mountains in BC contrasted with the small sizes of farms in the Maritimes. No matter which part of this country you live and work in, there are advantages and challenges.

We are often critical of those outside of agriculture who do not understand what it takes to raise cattle and don’t make an effort to do so, but sometimes when we are caught up in our own day-to-day operations and challenges, we can forget that others face dramatically different conditions and challenges than we do. Listening is a big part of understanding but being able to walk around and see the cattle and the facilities for yourself is invaluable.

At the banquet, the Canadian Cattle Young Leaders graduation ceremony was held. It is always inspiring and uplifting to see the relationships that have developed between the mentors and mentees and to see an invigorated and excited group of young leaders poised to do great things in our industry.

It was also very inspiring to meet the provincial nominees for The Environmental Stewardship Award (TESA). Don and Geraldine Bettle of Passekeag Holdings Inc, located near Passekeag, New Brunswick are the national recipients for 2025.

I encourage everyone to get to know all of the nominees: Duncan and Jane Barnett of Barnett Land and Cattle in British Columbia; Laura Laing and John Smith of Plateau Cattle Co in Albera; Mark and Karin Elford of Elford Ranch in Saskatchewan; Clayton and Shauna Breault of Breault Ranching Ltd. in Manitoba; the Van Osch family of Van Osch Farms in Ontario; Frédéric Lebel and Dominique Dumas of A l’Herbe in Quebec; and Don & Geraldine Bettle Bettle of Passekeag Holdings Inc. in New Brunswick. You can learn more about the program and all of the nominees at: www.cattle.ca/sustainability/tesa

At the FPT meeting, there was lots of discussion about regulatory barriers and interprovincial trade. Discussions are important, as is commitment and follow-through when decisions are made.

We look forward to Parliament resuming for the fall session where we hope to see promises and commitments upheld, particularly for improved and practical business risk management tools such as livestock price insurance (LPI) and AgriStability.

On August 12, 2025, Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) notified CCA of their intention to withdraw from our association by June 30, 2026. ABP and CCA have a long-standing collaborative and cooperative relationship, and we are both committed to continue working together to benefit beef producers in Alberta and across our country.

CCA is committed to working directly with the Alberta Beef Producers and all of our provincial members to address this matter so we can all continue our work for the benefit of beef producers across Canada. I am optimistic that we can reach an agreement that will see ABP remain part of our national organization.

THE MEMBERS

Thank you to these CSA members who are “THE” program participants and provide the data that drives Simmental genetic improvement for the benefit of the Canadian Beef industry.

3M SIMMENTAL RANCH

M & D FURBER

LONE BUTTE, BC

4 MATT SIMMENTALS

KAITLYN MATTERS

NANTON, AB

ABBY RANCIER

KILLAM, AB

ACADEMY HILL LIVESTOCK

JOHN & KATHY PEARSON

GRAFTON, ON

ADDISON BARNETT

MOOSE JAW, SK

AG-LAND FARMS LTD

DANA & MEGAN JOHNS

KENTON, MB

AJB LIVESTOCK

AMY BONCHUK

ROSSBURN, MB

ALAIN LABBE

SAINT-GERVAIS, QC

ALCOVIA SIMMENTALS

MICHAEL & CHERYL LAYER

ALCOVE, QC

ALLAN J. LINDAL

FISHER BRANCH, MB

ALLIANCE SIMMENTAL FARMS

MIKE MCCART

NORTH GOWER, ON

ALLISON SATCHWELL

COCHRANE, AB

ALLISON WOLFE

VALLEYVIEW, AB

ALTON CENTURY FARMS LTD

BLAKE ALTON

KINCARDINE, ON

AMANDA JULLION

EDAM, SK

AMY FADDEN

VERMILION, AB

ANCHOR D SIMMENTALS LTD

DAN & KAREN SKEELS

RIMBEY, AB

ANCHOR J SIMMENTALS

JOHN DYCK

LA CRETE, AB

ANDERSON BROTHERS CATTLE COMPANY

BRUCE & COLIN ANDERSON

LAC LA BICHE, AB

ANDREA ERIN LEE SCHMIDT

DIDSBURY, AB

ANDREW CATTLE CO.

JEREMY ANDREW REGINA, SK

ANDREW JANZEN

ROSEMARY, AB

ARC SIMMENTALS

ADDISON CHARBONNEAU

HALKIRK, AB

ASHANBROOK SIMMENTALS

NEIL & HOLLY GROTENHUIS

AYTON, ON

ASHWORTH FARM & RANCH

KELLY JANICE & KYLE ASHWORTH

OUNGRE, SK

ASHWORTH FARM & RANCH & ROBERT PINEO

OUNGRE, SK

AVA TIMM

KINISTINO, SK

BAKKEN SIMMENTALS

CHASE BAKKEN

CRAIK, SK

BALAMORE FARM LTD

JOSEPH COOPER

GREAT VILLAGE, NS

BALISKY FARMS

TODD & LEXI

BALISKY

SEXSMITH, AB

BAR CL FARM

LINUS CLARK

SUNDRE, AB

BAR J SIMMENTALS

HAYLEY JUSTIN & JACK ROBERTSON

AMARANTH, MB

BAR K SIMMENTALS

KEVIN SCHMIDT

BARRHEAD, AB

BAR M SIMMENTALS

PAT MUEHLEN

VANDERHOOF, BC

BARBARA VANCE - V5 SIMMENTALS

BARBARA VANCE

KANATA, ON

BEAULAC SIMMENTALS

EDWARD BRENDA & DAWSON BEAULAC SPIRITWOOD, SK

BEAVER RIDGE SIMMENTAL

ALVIN & WANDA FEDYK

PIERCELAND, SK

BEECHINOR BROS & HANEY BROS

BENTLEY, AB

BEECHINOR BROS. & DGR CATTLE CO

C/O JOHN BEECHINOR

BENTLEY, AB

BEECHINOR BROS. SIMMENTALS

JOHN & MICHELLE BEECHINOR

BENTLEY, AB

BEECHINOR L&L/RED TOP/STOUT BROS

C/O BEECHINOR LAND & LIVESTOCK LTD

BENTLY, AB

BEECHINOR LAND & LIVESTOCK LTD

STEFON & REBECCA BEECHINOR

BENTLY, AB

BEECHINOR LAND & LIVESTOCK LTD BEECHINOR

BROS & FERME GAGNON

BENTLEY, AB

BEKKERS FARMS INC

PETER BEKKERS

ANTIGONISH, NS

BENDALL CATTLE

MICHAEL & MELISSA BENDALL

ASHMONT, AB

BENNETT STOCK FARMS

CHASE & MAKENZIE BENNETT

CLIVE, AB

BENOIT DAIGLE

SAINTE-HELENE-DE-BAGOT, QC

BERGMAN FAMILY FARM

AARON BERGMAN

LANGENBURG, SK

BERNARD AND LISE LEAHY

LAKEFIELD, ON

BERT’S NR SIMMENTALS

NORBERT DE ROCQUIGNY

HAYWOOD, MB

BERWEST FARMS

CECIL BERKHOLTZ

BITTERN LAKE, AB

BIG LOOP RANCHING LTD

WAYNE MCNEILL

SHAMROCK, SK

BIG ROCK SIMMENTALS

LARRY & CHARLENE RAST

CRESTON, BC

BIG SKY SIMMENTALS

TREVOR & AMY PETERS

RIVERS, MB

BIG SKY SIMMENTALS & KSL SIMMENTALS

BEAVERLODGE, AB

BIG VALLEY SIMMENTAL RANCH

NANITA & BILL BLOMQUIST

BIG VALLEY, AB

BLACK GOLD SIMMENTALS & GREENWOOD

LLOYDMINSTER, SK

BLACK GOLD/KT RANCHES/TWIN SPRINGS FARM

C/O

LLOYDMINSTER, SK

BLACK RIDGE SIMMENTALS

JOHN AND BONNIE MOLESKI

DYSART, SK

BLACK’S CATTLE CO.

MEGHAN BLACK

WILMOT, NB

BLAIR STONE SIMMENTALS

BLAIR STONE

WESTEROSE, AB

BLAIR WILLIAMSON

LAMBTON SHORES, ON

BLAIR WILLIAMSON/RYAN COLVIN

LAMBTON SHORES, ON

BLAZIN J INC

DARCY & CAITLYN LIND

VALLEYVIEW, AB

BLUE ROSE SIMMENTALS

GORDON FIKE VICKI BENOIT & ELIZABETH HORMEROSKY COCHRANE, AB

BLUSHROSE SIMMENTAL FARM

ALAN BLODER

UNITY, SK

BOHRSON MARK/DEEG/RILEY BOHRSON OLDS, AB

BOHRSON MARKETING & ANCHOR D RANCH

RIMBEY, AB

BOHRSON MKTGDEEG SIMMENTALQUINN

WILSON

OLDS, AB

BOISVERT SIMMENTAL

MARC BOISVERT

ST-GERMAIN-GRANTHAM, QC

BONCHUK FARMS

DAVE & WAYNE BONCHUK

SOLSGIRTH, MB

BONCHUK FARMS & BOUCHARD LIVESTOCK

SOLSGIRTH, MB

BONNIE GLASMAN

RUSSELL, MB

BOOMER CREEK LIVESTOCK

OWEN B MARTIN

WALLENSTEIN, ON

BOSS LAKE GENETICS

BRITTANY & KYLE BOSS

PARKLAND COUNTY, AB

BOTTWOOD ACRES

ADAM & JODY BOTT

MOUNT FOREST, ON

BOUCHARD/CURLEFARMS/MCMILLEN/ DOWNHILL

CROSSFIELD, AB

BOUNDARY RANCH

SARAH & DARBY DELORME

ROBSART, SK

BOVEY FAMILY FARMS

KEVIN & SUZANNE BOVEY

ELGINBURG, ON

BRAD CARSON

WINNIPEG, MB

BRADEN J. SMITH

VALLEYVIEW, AB

BRADY BUTCHER

BENTLEY, AB

BREANN WOOLSEY

NIPAWIN, SK

BREEZY RIDGE SIMMENTALS

CLAIRE ROUIRE

ELM CREEK, MB

AVRY PEARSON

CALMAR, AB

B BAR C SIMMENTALS

BRETT & CHRIS HOUCHIN

BOWDEN, AB

BACK IN BLACK SIMMENTALS

SARAH LENG & LANE STEFFLER GUNN, AB

BRIDGEWAY LIVESTOCK

KARL & KRISTINE SAUTER

WAWOTA, SK

BRITTANY & JOHN DEW

INGLESIDE, ON

BROCK RANCHES

BRIAN & ROXANE EBBESEN

RED DEER COUNTY, AB

BRODY BARNETT

MOOSE JAW, SK

BROKEN C SIMMENTALS

CADE CRUICKSHANKS

BRANDON, MB

BROKEN C SIMMENTALS & ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS

BRANDON, MB

BROKEN C SIMMENTALS -ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS

ROBERT CRUICKSHANKS

BRANDON, MB

BROOKE CANART & STACY LOWES CANART/LOWES

MCAULEY, MB

BROOKSLAND FARMS

JENNIFEREMMA MARGARET BROOKS

WOLSELEY, SK

BRUCE & JEAN ADAIR

BROWNFIELD, AB

BWR STOCK FARMS

LYNDEN EGGIE

SWAN RIVER, MB

C & E STEPHENS FARMS

CHRIS & ERIN STEPHENS

CRAIK, SK

C4 SIMMENTALS

SHAWN & STACI CHARBONNEAU

HALKIRK, AB

CALEB STONE SIMMENTALS

CALEB STONE

WESTEROSE, AB

CAMDEN CATTLE CO.

LLOYD JORGENSON

NEW BRIGDEN, AB

CANADIAN SIRES & RANCIER FARMS

KILLAM, AB

CARLA HICKS

MORTLACH, SK

CARMICHAEL FARMING CO. LTD

ENOCH & AMOS ENTZ

GULL LAKE, SK

CARPATHIAN LAND & LIVESTOCK

KYLE YAREMKO

ST PAUL, AB

CARPATHIAN LAND & LIVESTOCK

KURT YAREMKO

ST PAUL, AB

CARTER BOWMAN

ONOWAY, AB

CARTER GOUDY

STOUGHTON, SK

CENTURY SIMMENTALS

JESSE PUKALO

SPRUCE GROVE, AB

CHAD HADDOW

BAY TREE, AB

CHERRY CREEK FARMS

LYNNE ANDERSON

BOISSEVAIN, MB

CHESTERMERE STOCK FARM

ROSS BRICKER

DIDSBURY, AB

CHIN SIMMENTAL

DAN SLINGERLAND

COALDALE, AB

CHRIS & HANNAH BOWMAN

ONOWAY, AB

BILL PETERS

PERDUE, SK

BLACK GOLD SIMM.& BOHRSON MARKETING& RUST MOUNTAIN VIEW R

LLOYDMINSTER, SK

BLACK GOLD SIMMENTALS

RANDY NOBLE

LLOYDMINSTER, SK

CIRCLE G SIMMENTALS

GARTH CUTLER

LACOMBE, AB

CIRCLE Z SIMMENTALS

DANIEL ZIEHR

PARKLAND COUNTY, AB

CITY VIEW SIMMENTALS

BLAINE R. BARNETT

MOOSE JAW, SK

CLARKE CATTLE

ROBERT & ARLONE CLARKE BRETON, AB

CLARKSON VALLEY SIMMENTALS

KYLE & ASHLEY KLASSEN

CROOKED CREEK, AB

CLAUDE LEMAY

SHAWINIGAN, QC

CLEAR WATER FARMS

REBECCA BREITKREUTZ CONRAD CREBER & DON BREITKREUTZ FORT ASSINIBOINE, AB

CLEARWATER SIMMENTALS

CHAD SMITH

MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY, AB

COLBY KLASSEN

CROOKED CREEK, AB

COLE MCMAHON & KADE RANCIER

GALAHAD, AB

COLIN B. ARNOLD

THORNDALE, ON

COLTEN BRENNEIS

STURGEON COUNTY, AB

CORBIN HOUCHIN

BOWDEN, AB

COUNTRYSIDE SIMMENTALS

DANIEL LOEWEN

PRESPATOU, BC

COWASSAGET BROOK FARMS

FRASER MCCALLUM

TABUSINTAC, NB

CREST VIEW CATTLE CO.

GREG WOYCHYSHYN

MINNEDOSA, MB

CREST VIEW LAND&CATTLE CO.LTD.

TERRY & FREDA WOYCHYSHYN

ERICKSON, MB

CRIMSON CREEK SIMMENTALS

DUSTIN & ASHLEY RUSHINKA

GARLAND, MB

CROCUS COULEE CATTLE CO

JESSIE YOUNG

LUNDBRECK, AB

CROCUS SIMMENTALS

TIMOTHY P. SCHERGER

SWIFT CURRENT, SK

CROFT CREEK RANCH

LYLE & VONDA WIENS

VANDERHOOF, BC

CROSSROAD FARMS

GERALD & LAURIE WOYTIUK

SHELL LAKE, SK

CROWE BROS & ULTRA LIVESTOCK

GILBERT PLAINS, SK

CRYSTAL SPRINGS RANCH INC.

ECKBERTCHRISTAGEORGSARAH WEITZEL

CHARLIE LAKE, BC

CW SALTWATER SIMMENTALS

CONNOR WHITE

CANNING, NS

CZECH-MATE LIVESTOCK

ANDREW & AJ SULLIVAN JIM & GWEN SMITH

CARSTAIRS, AB

D.A.M. LIVESTOCK LTD

DAVID MICHALCHUK

KEG RIVER, AB

D9 SIMMENTALS

JOHN AND BRITTANY DAMEN

STRATHMORE, AB

BRENDAN YOUNG

BIG RIVER, SK

BRIAN & RONDA OLSON

OHATON, AB

BRIAN MILLER

OKOTOKS, AB

DART SIMMENTALS

RYAN KWIATKOWSKI

GLENDON, AB

DAVID KORTH

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, AB

DAWSON BEAULAC

SPIRITWOOD, SK

DAYNA RAE ANNE CAMERON

DIDSBURY, AB

D-C CATTLE COMPANY

DYLAN BARSI

MELVILLE, SK

DC SIMMENTALS

DARCY CLOW

GODFREY, ON

DEAN SMITH

HEINSBURG, AB

DEANNE STRATULIAK

DAWSON CREEK, BC

DEEG SIMMENTALS

ROGER & DAVID DEEG

WHEATLAND COUNTY, AB

DEEG SIMMENTALS & BOHRSON MARKETING

STRATHMORE, AB

DEER RANGE FARMS

GORDON & TRAVIS OLSON

STEWART VALLEY, SK

DENNIS & JEANNE SMALL

RED DEER COUNTY, AB

DESPICS

LAURIE LALANCETTE & MAXIME FONTAINE

PALMAROLLE, QC

DESTINY SIMMENTALS

TODD & KAREN CAMPBELL

MEAFORD, ON

DIAMOND B SIMMENTALS

CINDY BOGART

BRETON, AB

DIAMOND H SIMMENTALS

KALEB & HOLLY HEWITT

BLUFFTON, AB

DIAMOND T SIMMENTALS

TROYMELANIE/ROYLORETTA CERNY

BARRHEAD, AB

DIAMOND V SIMMENTALS

MATTHEW WIATR & ALICIA FRY

GOODSOIL, SK

DIXON PRODUCERS LTD.

LEON LUEKE

HUMBOLDT, SK

DJ FARMS

DENNIS & DEBBIE ELLIOTT

STAFFA, ON

DK LAND & CATTLE CORP.

DUSTIN & KIRSTEN FORNWALD

LAMPMAN, SK

DONNA ARTHUR

MAYERTHORPE, AB

DONNA LOUGHRAN

CHILLIWACK, BC

DONNA MARIE ASHER

GRANDORA, SK

DONOVANDALE & J-STAR LIVESTOCK

ASHTON, ON

DONOVANDALE FARMS

GERALD & KEITHA DONOVAN

ASHTON, ON

DONOVANDALE FARMS & BEVERLEY HOLMES

ASHTON, ON

DONOVANDALE FARMS & OUTBACK ACRES

ASHTON, ON

DOUBLE BAR D & ASHWORTH FARM

GRENFELL, SK

CHRIS GOTT SIMMENTALS

CHRIS ANDRUKIEWICZ

BARRHEAD, AB

CHUCK & TAMMY DUBE

BROWNFIELD, AB

CIRCLE F & SILVER CREEK SIMMENTALS

MOOSOMIN, SK

DOUBLE COULEE FARM

DARRYL & CHERYL SCOTT

GLEN EWEN, SK

DOUBLE D SIMMENTAL

DORIS & CHRISTIAN DOELGER

BEAUSEJOUR, MB

DOUBLE KL SIMMENTALS

KEN L. PILLER

NEUDORF, SK

DOUBLE M LAND & CATTLE

AMANDA LAICH & NICHOLAS MOREAU

BELLGARDE, SK

DOUBLE Q SIMMENTALS

DANE & WHITNEY QUARTLY RED DEER COUNTY, AB

DOUBLE R SIMMENTALS

RYAN HEATHER

BIGGAR, SK

DOUGLAS S. OESCH

WELLESLEY, ON

DOVE LIVESTOCK

LAINEY DOVE MARIN

QUESNEL, BC

DOWNEY FARMS

ALLAN & JACQUIE DOWNEY COULTER, MB

DOWNHILL SIMMENTALS

EVERETT OLSON MINNEDOSA, MB

DR. EDWARD M. SHACKLADY

OKOTOKS, AB

DRIFTING “M” RANCH

GRANT & CHARITY MILLS

JANSEN, SK

DUCE RANCH

SHAWN DUCE

CARDSTON, AB

DUNCAN PEARSON

DUNCAN PEARSON CALMAR, AB

DUNC’S CATTLE COMPANY

IAN MCRAE

GLENCOE, ON

DUSTY LAND RANCH

BRANDON HOFER

GOODSOIL, SK

DWAYANN SIMMENTALS

DWAYNE & ANDREA HORST

ARTHUR, ON

DYLAN BONCHUK

BIRTLE, MB

E & C WEITZEL HOLDINGS LTD

ECKBERT & CHRISTA WEITZEL

CHARLIE LAKE, BC

E G C SIMMENTAL FARMS

CARMAN JACKSON

INGLIS, MB

EAGLE-RIDGE SIMMENTALS

DANNY AND/OR DALLAS BLAIN OLDS, AB

EAST POPLAR SIMMENTALS

KYRON & KELSEY MANSKE

CORONACH, SK

EASTRISE CATTLE & FARMS

JASON SCHMIDT

LEDUC COUNTY, AB

EB FARMS

ETHAN BOGART

BRETON, AB

EDN SIMMENTALS

DEAN ELDON NEITZ

MAPLE CREEK, SK

ELLIOTT SIMMENTALS

PAT & SHERRY ELLIOTT BRETON, AB

ELM TREE FARMS

GLENN & PAMELA WOTTEN

LITTLE BRITAIN, ON

ERIXON SIMMENTALS INC.

DAVID & KRISTA ERIXON CLAVET, SK

DALE L. EYBEN

VERMILION, AB

DALYN WOLOSHYN

BALDWINTON, SK

DAMIAN MOORE & AMY TAYLOR

MOUNTAINVIEW COUNTY, AB

FALLEN TIMBER FARMS - NASH

NASH JANS

GROUNDBIRCH, BC

FALLEN TIMBER FARMS - RHETT

RHETT JANS

GROUNDBIRCH, BC

FALLEN TIMBER FARMS - TAOS

TAOS JANS

GROUNDBIRCH, BC

FAR-L FARMS

DONALD FARRELL RIPLEY, ON

FERME B.M.S. ENR

SEBASTIEN BELANGER

ST-JEAN-DE-DIEU, QC

FERME B.M.S. ENR & FERME SIBELLE FLECK S.E.N.C

C/O G & H BELLAVANCE

STE-SOPHIE DE LEVARD, QC

FERME BILODEAU DES ETOILES INC

JEAN-PHILIPPE BILODEAU INVERNESS, QC

FERME BILODEAU DES ETOILES INC/HEMA SIMMENTAL

C/O JEAN-PHILIPPE BILODEAU INVERNESS, QC

FERME CHRISTEL

FERNAND & CHRISTEL PELLETIER JR

LA CROCHE, QC

FERME FORBELL S.E.N.C.

ANNIE VACHON & PERRY DERIK & JACOB BELL

ST-ISIDORE DE CLIFTO, QC

FERME GAGNON INC

Y & D GAGNON

CHENEVILLE, QC

FERME LA P’TITE DU 10

CAROLINE TOUZIN

GALLICHAN, QC

FERME LAROSE

ANNIE LAROSE & BRIGITTE VALLEE

SAINT-ISIDORE-DE-CLIFTON, QC

FERME LOUMI S.E.N.C.

M & J LATENDRESSE ET L. BROUILLET

ST-JEAN-DE-MATHA, QC

FERME RODRIGUE MARCMEL INC

MARC RODRIGUE & MELANIE PAQUET

SAINT-JEAN-DE-BREBEUF, QC

FERME SIBELLE FLECK S.E.N.C

G & H BELLAVANCE

DE LEVRAR, QC

FERN CREEK SIMMENTAL

COREY PASCHKE

LOVE, SK

FERN CREEK SIMMENTALS

BETTY & RAYMOND PASCHKE

LOVE, SK

FIRELINE CATTLE COMPANY

LEANNA MITCHELL

BARRIERE, BC

FIVE STAR SIMMENTALS

TERRY JULIE & EMILY ZALESCHUK

ALVENA, SK

FLATLANDS CATTLE CO

DANIEL & LEAH ELIAS

ELM CREEK, MB

FLEMING STOCK FARMS LTD

DUNCAN & CECILE FLEMING

GRANUM, AB

FLYING S RANCH

KEN & SHAUNA SINCLAIR

SPRUCE LAKE, SK

FLYING W LIVESTOCK

CHANTAL WICKENHEISER

VIBANK, SK

FLYING W STOCK FARM

COLBY WOLKOWSKI

CANORA, SK

FORDEN FAIRVIEW FARM LTD

LYLE & LEANNE FORDEN

PUNNICHY, SK

FORE SEE CATTLE CO

ROD CHIZAWSKY & SANDI BEREZAN

VEGREVILLE, AB

DOUBLE BAR D RANCH

KEN & RICHARD DIMLER

GRENFELL, SK

DOUBLE BAR MD

DALE & MAXINE DOYLE

SHANNONVILLE, ON

FUSION LIVESTOCK/DONOVANDALE FARMS

METCALFE, ON

G.T.A. RANCH INC

GREG & TRACEY AINSWORTH

MAYERTHORPE, AB

GALAXY SIMMENTALS

EDWARD (EDDY) & APRIL DREGER

YORKTON, SK

GAMACHE SIMMENTALS

RICHARD GAMACHE

BONNYVILLE, AB

GARDNER LIVESTOCK

TRACY TYSON LISA EMMA ROY & TAMI GARDNER & RUDY FRIESEN

MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY, AB

GARREN SKEELS

RIMBEY, AB

GARTH & DEANNE ROWLEY

CLIVE, AB

GENERATION FARMS

MATTHEW SWART

BRUSSELS, ON

GLASMAN FARMS LTD.

MATTHEW & LEANNE GLASMAN

RUSSELL, MB

GLENDALE FARM

DAVID & DEBBIE BRUKETA

FOOTHILLS, AB

GOODBUY LIVESTOCK

LILYANNE BOUFFARD

STANSTEAD-EST, QC

GORDON JONES SIMMENTALS

GORDON JONES

BALDUR, MB

GRADY BROWN

STAVELY, AB

GRADY WOLKOWSKI

CANORA, SK

GRANT AINSWORTH

MAYERTHORPE, AB

GRASS ROOTS RANCH

ROBERT VOICE

BRADWELL, SK

GRASS ROOTS RANCH/RUST MOUNTAIN VIEW

RANCH AND CANADIAN DONORS

BRADWELL, SK

GRASSY FLAT RANCH LTD.

DUSTIN GARNIER

DEWBERRY, AB

GRA-TAN RANCH

GRANT & TANYA CHITTICK

MAYERTHORPE, AB

GRAVANDALE SIMMENTAL

IVAN & GRACE OESCH

WELLESLEY, ON

GRETA PEARSON

CALMAR, AB

GRINALTA FARMS

RUEBEN A. & ELAINE GRINDE

HOLDEN, AB

GRONA FARMS

DALLAS GRONA

PORCUPINE PLAIN, SK

GUILLAUME NOISEUX

GRANBY, QC

HADDIE SIMMENTALS

ASHLEY FAIRMINER & BRANDON ERNEST

WALKERTON, ON

HAMPTON SIMMENTALS

JODI HAMPTON

FALUN, AB

HANDFORD SIMMENTALS

ROBERT HANDFORD

SNOWFLAKE, MB

HANDHILLS FARMING CO LTD.

JOHN A. WIPF

HANNA, AB

EVERETT MORE

VIRDEN, MB

E-ZEE CATTLE CO.

STACEY & KATIE KOLENOSKY

PERDUE, SK

FALLEN TIMBER FARMS

CHET & JAMIE JANS GROUNDBIRCH, BC

HAVENCREST FARMS

SCOTT MORRISON

DALHOUSIE, QC

HEMA SIMMENTAL

ANTOINE BOURGEOIS

STOKE, QC

HERITAGE CATTLE

PATRICK & ERICKA NUTT

BARRHEAD, AB

HICKS SIMMENTAL

DOUG & BETTY HICKS

MOOSE JAW, SK

HIDDEN STONE FARM

DONALD & SHERRY KATHOL

ROCKYFORD, AB

HIGHWAY 21 FEEDERS

ED & LINDA MILLER

ACME, AB

HIGHWOOD LAND & CATTLE

STACY YOUNG

BROME, QC

HILLCREST SIMMENTALS

KANDEE LUCAS-HAGERMAN

NAPANEE, ON

HOEGL LIVESTOCK LTD.

MURRY HOEGL

LLOYDMINSTER, SK

HOLMESTEAD FARM

CRAIG & ANGIE HOLMES

BROOKDALE, MB

HORNER CATTLE COMPANY

LAURA & ALAN HORNER

MINNEDOSA, MB

HUGH BRUNTON

SCOTLAND,

INDIAN RIVER CATTLE COMPANY

BILLY JUANITA OWEN & KATIE ELMHIRST

INDIAN RIVER, ON

ISABELLA & MACKAYLA DELORME

ROBSART, SK

J B LIVESTOCK COMPANY

JASON BRUKETA

FOOTHILLS, AB

J BAR C RANCH

JOHN & CHELLAN BARSI

MELVILLE, SK

J. HANDLEY & S. WILLIAMS

JOANNE HANDLEY & SHANE WILLIAMS

EAST GARAFRAXA, ON

JADE AINSWORTH

MAYERTHORPE, AB

JANSSEN SIMMENTALS

HENRY & GAIL JANSSEN

STE ROSE DU LAC, MB

JAYDAWN FARMS

D & J MCQUAIG

SEXSMITH, AB

JAYDAWN FARMS (KRIS MCQUAIG)

KRIS MCQUAIG

SEXSMITH, AB

JAYMARANDY LIVESTOCK

MARK & ELISABETH ANGUS

BEAUSEJOUR, MB

JAYSHAW

JASON & SHAWNA BAST

LAVOY, AB

JAYSHAW SIMM & RON TURNER

STONY PLAIN, AB

JEFF CHRISTOPHER & RIVER POINT CATTLE CO.

GLENCOE, ON

JEM SIMMENTALS

JONATHAN KLEIN

BARRHEAD, AB

JESSE EMERY & MIRANDA PYBUS

CAMP CREEK, AB

JK BAR CATTLE TY-D LIVESTOCK & NJAA CATTLE

VERMILION, AB

FOREVER YOUNG FARMS

BILL & NANCY YOUNG

TIVERTON, ON

FOUR T DIAMOND RANCH

ADAM & LARISSA TEETER

DAUPHIN, MB

FURZE FARMS

JO & TERESA WALKER

REDVERS, SK

FUSION LIVESTOCK

ROSS GILES & JULIE DENISON CASSIDY DAWSON & HOPE PINKHAM METCALFE, ON

JOE BARNETT

MOOSE JAW, SK

JOE WEISGERBER

MEDICINE HAT, AB

JOHN GRANT

EDAM, SK

JOHNSON RANCHING

BYRON BERNICE & WYATT JOHNSON

AMISK, AB

JOSH & JADA TYLER

CUT KNIFE, SK

JOSIE CRAWFORD

GLENCOE, ON

JP CATTLE CO

GLEN & BARRY LOWES ERIC PATEMAN

MCAULEY, MB

JR CATTLE

JAMES ROGER GOOD

FALUN, AB

JT LIVESTOCK LTD

JOHN & TAMMY DOLLIVER

STETTLER, AB

KABAN SIMMENTALS

JUSTIN & ASHLEY KABAN CHIPMAN, AB

KADE EARLEY

KERWOOD, ON

KADE RANCIER

KILLAM, AB

KALE L SCHERGER

SWIFT CURRENT, SK

KARSIN FARMS SIMMENTALS

JONATHAN KARSIN NEWTON, MB

KATHOL SIMMENTAL RANCH

GRAHAM &/OR SUSAN KATHOL

DRAYTON VALLEY, AB

KATIE ELMHIRST

INDIAN RIVER, ON

KAYLEA DONOVAN

ASHTON, ON

KAYLEE CHIZAWSKY

VEGREVILLE, AB

KD SIMMENTALS & OBI LIVESTOCK

C/O TREVOR LIBOIRON

JENNER, AB

KD’S SIMMENTALS

KADEN & TREVOR LIBOIRON

JENNER, AB

KEATO MEADOW SIMMENTALS

JONATHAN & EBONY KITTLITZ

FORT SASKATCHEWAN, AB

KEET SIMMENTALS

RICHARD & BRETT KEET DALMENY, SK

KEHO LAKE SIMMENTALS

EMIL & CORNELIA SABAU

COALHURST, AB

KEIRSTEN DAVEY

WESTBOURNE, MB

KEITH & SUSAN BADINSKI

MELFORT, SK

KEN AND TREENA ADAIR

BROWNFIELD, AB

HANNA LOUISE WOLFE

SUNDRE, AB

HARMONY RIDGE FARM

HOWARD & VONA PYNE & KARL TAYLOR

HARMONY, NS

HARVIE CREST CATTLE COMPANY

SCOTT & KERRIE HARVIE

MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY, AB

KIN - KIN CATTLE CO

GARY & FAYE CHITTICK

MAYERTHORPE, AB

KINDRED SPIRIT CATTLE CO.

BRIAN RICHE / ROBERT MCDOUGALL

LUMSDEN, SK

KINGSWOOD SIMMENTALS

CHRIS & ALTA SPANGENBERG

MELVILLE, SK

KMV AG LTD

KALEB & MICHELLE VAN DEN BOSSCHE WADENA, SK

KRS SIMMENTALS

KERRI REANNE & LORRAINE SANFORD

QUESNEL, BC

KRUGER FARMS

RYAN KRUGER

SUNDRE, AB

KSL SIMMENTALS

KEEGAN SCORGIE

BEAVERLODGE, AB

KULYK SIMMENTALS

RICHARD KULYK

NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK

KUNTZ SIMMENTAL FARM

G B AND T. KUNTZ

BATTLEFORD, SK

KUZIO FARMS

DALE KUZIO

RANFURLY, AB

KWIATKOWSKI CATTLE

LAURENCE & SHELDON KWIATKOWSKI

SAINT LINA, AB

KYLE & JOCELYN O’NEILL

RED DEER COUNTY, AB

KZ SIMMENTALS

KREO ZIEMMER

MAYERTHORPE, AB

L C RANCH

L. CRAIG & L. CODY HOGG

MEDICINE HAT, AB

LA FERMIERE FOLLE

JULIE LAUZON & REID MCBRIDE

CAMPBELL’S BAY, QC

LA RANCH

LUKE MUEHLEN

VANDERHOOF, BC

LABATTE SIMMENTALS

BARRY LABATTE

GLADMAR, SK

LABATTE SIMMENTALS & CIRCLE 7

GLADMAR, SK

LABATTE SIMMENTALS & OBERLE BROS.

GLADMAR, SK

LAKE BOTTOM CATTLE CO

BARRIE COLLEEN & DACIE PRZEKOP

SMOKY LAKE, AB

LANE T. SCHERGER

SWIFT CURRENT, SK

LANGER FLECKVIEH SIMMENTALS

LYLE & PAM LANGER

YELLOWHEAD COUNTY, AB

LAWNVIEW SIMMENTALS

ALLAN LAWN

HAMIOTA, MB

LAWNVIEW SIMMENTALS

BRENDAN LAWN

HAMIOTA, MB

LAZY RAINBOW RIVER RANCH INC.

GEORGE BERNIER

FISHER BRANCH, MB

LAZY S RANCH INC.

DOREEN AINSWORTH

MAYERTHORPE, AB

LEE & CORALEE STILBORN

BALCARRES, SK

LEE SHOLOGAN & RILEY PASHULKA

MYRNAM, AB

JNR FARMS

JERRY & NICOLE REPKA

WILLINGDON, AB

JNR FARMS & KULYK SIMMENTALS

WILLINGDON, AB

JO-DREEN FARM

TREVOR PAULEY & DOREEN STEEVES

STONEY CREEK, NB

LES ENTREPRISES JP BARRETTE INC.

PHILIPPE BARRETTE

SAINT-BARTHELEMY, QC

LEWIS FARMS & WALLGREN FARMS

SPRUCE GROVE, AB

LEWIS FARMS LTD.

KEN LEWIS

SPRUCE GROVE, AB

LIAM AUMACK

RABBIT LAKE, SK

LISA REICH

TOMAHAWK, AB

LITTLE PERKS RANCH

LIAM & IVY PERKIN

ELGIN, MB

LITTLE RAINBOW RANCH LTD

PERRY RASMUSON

MOOSOMIN, SK

LITTLE VALLEY RANCH

JUSTIN & BRANNON SCHALIN

HYLO, AB

LITTLE VALLEY RANCH LTD

WILFRED YOUNG

BIG RIVER, SK

LITTLE WILLOW CREEK RANCH

BLAINE SCOTT & CLAYTON HARLAND

FRENCHMAN BUTTE, SK

LLOYD & JEFF WATSON

NEILBURG, SK

LOCKHART VALLEY & HANNAH ROBSON RIMBEY, AB

LOCKHART VALLEY SIMMENTALS

LEE & TINA ROBSON

RIMBEY, AB

LOCUST HILL FARMS

JARRETT & KRISTA JOHNSON

DOBBINTON, ON

LOGAN DAINES

PENHOLD, AB

LONE STONE FARMS

LONNIE KAREN NATE AL BROWN

WESTLOCK, AB

LONG LAKE SIMMENTALS

JIM & BARB WARBURTON

POPLAR POINT, MB

LONGVIEW CATTLE COMPANY

SHAR & RAYEL KACZMAR

GRENFELL, SK

LORNE G. WEBSTER

CHILLIWACK, BC

LORNE KWASNICKI

SCOUT LAKE, SK

LUCAS WILLIAMS

EAST GARAFRAXA, ON

LUV-IN-IT CATTLE COMPANY

JASON & TRISHA FRENCH

MAYERTHORPE, AB

LWD SIMMENTALS

SCOTT & NATALIE DIXON

JOLICURE, NB

LYSENG LAND & CATTLE

MARK & JOSH LYSENG ARMENA, AB

M & J FARMS

MILES GLASMAN

RUSSELL, MB

M & R CATTLE CO.

MICHAEL CHAMBERS

WIMBORNE, AB

MACCROSTIE /WRIGHT /DUNMAC FARMS

C/O JEFF MACCROSTIE

PAISLEY, ON

MACCROSTIE LIVESTOCK

JEFF MACCROSTIE

PAISLEY, ON

MACCROSTIE LIVESTOCK/RANDY WILSON

PAISLEY, ON

KENT J. SMITH

VALLEYVIEW, AB

KEYSTONE & JETSTREAM LIVESTOCK

SHANE WILLIAMS JOANNE HANDLEY SCOTT

MATTHEWS & EMILY GREY

EAST GARAFRAXA, ON

KEYSTONE LIVESTOCK

SCOTT MATTHEWS & EMILY GREY & TAYLOR AND BRYNN MATTHEWS

COOKSHIRE-EATON, QC

KEYSTONE LIVESTOCK & ASHWORTH FARM & RANCH

COOKSHIRE-EATON, QC

KIM ANWENDER

RADVILLE, SK

MADGE SIMMENTALS

TANNER MADGE

HANNA, AB

MAPLE LAKE STOCK FARMS

GERRY & LINDA BERTHOLET

HARTNEY, MB

MAPLEHURST FARMS

TIM DAVEY

WESTBOURNE, MB

MAR MAC FARMS

A BLAIR MCRAE BRANDON, MB

MARK & TAMY FROST & FAMILY

MARK FROST

KINGSEY FALLS, QC

MARTIN CATTLE SERVICES

DWAYNE LEVI & TRINITY MARTIN

STETTLER, AB

MASTERLOC SIMMENTALS

LORNE MAST

TIGER LILY, AB

MATHESON FARMS

P. J. B. & B. MATHESON

FOREST HILL, PE

MATHESON FARMS&SPUD ISLAND FARMS

C/O MATHESON FARMS

FOREST HILL, PE

MATTHEW JANZEN

ROSEMARY, AB

MAUREEN & ERIC SMITH

BYEMOOR, AB

MAVV FARMS INC.

MIKE IMLER

OKOTOKS, AB

MAXWELL SIMMENTALS

G. & G. K. MAXWELL

VIKING, AB

MC RUER SIMMENTALS

JEFF MCRUER

BOISSEVAIN, MB

MCCONNELL FARMS

WAYNE & BRANDON MCCONNELL

OWEN SOUND, ON

MCELDON ACRES

VICTORIA MCELDON MILLBROOK, ON

MCG SIMMENTALS

MURRAY & CHERYL BROWN

STAVELY, AB

MCINTOSH LIVESTOCK

BLAIR MCINTOSH

MAYMONT, SK

MCINTOSH LIVESTOCK & ARCH HOLDINGS

C/O RYAN & SARA ARCHDEKIN

SPEERS, SK

MCINTOSH RANCH

KOLTON MCINTOSH

ERIKSDALE, MB

MCMANUS SIMMENTALS

BOYD MCMANUS

MINNEDOSA, MB

MCMILLEN RANCHING LTD.

JIM MCMILLEN

CARIEVALE, SK

MICHAEL MARONDA SIMMENTALS

MICHAEL MARONDA

LOMOND, AB

MIKE LUFT & SOUTHPAW CATTLE COMPANY

C/O SOUTHPAW CATTLE

CARSTAIRS, AB

MIKE WEISGERBER

BOW ISLAND, AB

LEEWOOD RANCH

DEBBIE ARNOLD

MANNVILLE, AB

LEEWOOD RANCH

COLT ARNOLD MANNVILLE, AB

LEITIR MHOR CATTLE COMPANY

CRAIG & CARLYE REID

CHELSEY, ON

MOOSE VALLEY RANCH

JUSTIN JOORISITY

KIPLING, SK

MOSQUITO RANCH

MICHAEL SIKLENKA

MEADOW LAKE, SK

MSE LAND & CATTLE CO. LTD

JOSH & SARAH VAN DEN BOSSCHE

HENDON, SK

MUIRHEAD CATTLE CO.

WARD JUSTIN& AMANDA MUIRHEAD

SHELLBROOK, SK

MUTCH FARMS

STEPHEN & JENNIE MUTCH

VERNON, PE

NAKOBY STONE SIMMENTALS

NAKOBY STONE

WESTEROSE, AB

NASH DETTMER

TROCHU, AB

NE BADINSKI CATTLE CO.

NICHOLAS BADINSKI

MELFORT, SK

NEIL CARSON

ROSSBURN, MB

NELSON RANCH

LOWELL NELSON

MORRIN, AB

NEWTON CREEK SIMMENTALS

ANDREW KUSCHMINDER

PICKARDVILLE, AB

NICKEL FARMS

ED CAMERON & ANDREA NICKEL

BITTERN LAKE, AB

NIELSON LAND & CATTLE

BRENDAN & JENNA EHRHARDT

CRAIK, SK

NIWA RANCHING CO. LTD.

LOUISE NIWA

ACADIA VALLEY, AB

NOLARA FARMS

LARRY & NOLA VANSICKLE

MAYERTHORPE, AB

NORMAN PLUME

PRESCOTT, ON

NORTH CREEK SIMMENTALS

BARRY & RENITA SAUNDERS

BORDEN, SK

NORTHWIND AG LTD.

BAILEY & GERALDINE WAGMAN

MAKWA, SK

NORWOOD FAMILY FARM

CHARLES & GERALDINE NORWOOD

WESTPORT, ON

O DOUBLE E SIMMENTALS

O & E BAKKEHAUG

HYTHE, AB

OAKVIEW SIMMENTALS

TODD & DANNA COLLINS

DARLINGFORD, MB

OH KAY FARMS

ROBERT LOUGHEED

RED DEER COUNTY, AB

OLMSTEAD CATTLE CO

BRYCE & NIKKI OLMSTEAD CARBERRY, MB

OTTER CREEK FARM

JACK R HANSEN

NEEBING, ON

OUTBACK ACRES FARM

ANDRE CLAUDIA & MIA VEILLEUX & DEBERA LACHAPELLE

AYER’S CLIFF, QC

OUTLAW CATTLE CO.

BRADLEY DUNDAS

HUSSAR, AB

PADDLE RIDGE FARMS

TYLER & AMBER SKOGSTAD

BARRHEAD, AB

PAIGE WARNER

BEATTY, SK

MACKENZIE SKEELS

RIMBEY, AB

MADER RANCHES

RANDY RONDA RYLEY & JILLIAN MADER CARSTAIRS, AB

PERCYVIEW FARMS & TIFFANY PETERS

KISBEY, SK

PEREPELKIN FARMS

ASHLEY PEREPELKIN

CONDOR, AB

PERKIN LAND & CATTLE CO.

DARRYL & TANYA PERKIN

ELGIN, MB

PERNITSKY FARMS LTD

NICK & ANTHONY PERNITSKY

WILKIE, SK

PERREAULT FARMS

ALLEN & SHERRY PERREAULT

STURGEON COUNTY, AB

PETER & MARLENE GAUNCE

NEW SCOTLAND, NB

PHEASANTDALE CATTLE COMPANY

LIONEL PAT LEE & CORALEE STILBORN BALCARRES, SK

PIESCHEL FARMS

DEVON & RAE ERICKSON & GARY PIESCHEL

ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, AB

PINCH HILL CATTLE COMPANY

BRANDON HOMER

STITTSVILLE, ON

PINE CREEK SIMMENTALS

GEORGES/GOEDELE/ALOIS KERCKHOF COUNTY OF BARRHEAD, AB

PJS LIVESTOCK

PATRICK SULLIVAN GRACEFIELD, QC

POLAR FARMS

JOE & LINDSAY LOOMIS

PEACE RIVER REGIONAL DISTRICT, BC

POOLES ARROW RANCH

CHARLES & LYNN POOLE

PRINCE GEORGE, BC

PORTER RANCHES LTD.

C/O SANDRA PORTER

STONY PLAIN, AB

PRAIRIE VIEW SIMMENTALS

CLIFFORD NELSON

STALWART, SK

PROPER A SIMMENTALS

AMBER PROPERZI

BARRHEAD, AB

QUINN HOEGL

LLOYDMINSTER, SK

R & B RANCH

RANDY WHEELER & BONNIE SMITH WHEELER/SMITH DOUGLAS, ON

RACHIDO RANCH

RANDAL & DONNA CHITTICK

MAYERTHORPE, AB

RAFTER 4-T / BRADEN KOLOTYLO WILLINGDON, AB

RAFTER 4-T FARMS LTD

DARRELL & LORALIE TATARIN

HAIRY HILL, AB

RAFTER C SIMMENTALS

CORBIN RICHARD MACMILLAN YOUNGSTOWN, AB

RAFTER JL RANCHES

J. L. GILES

VERMILION, AB

RAINBOW RIVER SIMMENTALS

JENNILEE STEWART

FISHER BRANCH, MB

RANCH DU TRIO S.E.N.C.

STEVE PLANTE LUC PLANTE & YVES BOUDRIAS

SAINT-CLAUDE, QC

RANCH E. EDARD

ENRIKO BEDARD

ST BENJAMIN, QC

RANCH IRON HILL

MARIE-EVE DOYON & JEAN-PHILIPPE BRISSETTE BROMONT, QC

RANCIER FARMS

GARTH & ANGELA RANCIER KILLAM, AB

RANCIER FARMS & BOHRSON LIVESTOCK KILLAM, AB

MILAYA STONE SIMMENTALS

MILAYA STONE

WESTEROSE, AB

MILL CREEK FARM

SHAWN & ASHLEY HOOD BRAMBER, NS

MILLINGTON RANCH

DEAN & GINA SENTES DUVAL, SK

MITCHELL CATTLE CO. INC.

M K I & A MITCHELL BARRIERE, BC

MONTAGNEOUSE CREEK SIMMENTAL HERMAN & MARK GIESBRECHT WORSLEY, AB

MOONLITE FARM

JANICE & NORBERT LUKEN FAIRVIEW, AB

RANCIER FARMS & SKY TRACK RANCH

KILLAM, AB

RANCIER FARMS/CANADIAN DONORS/ELITE

CATTLE CO KILLAM, AB

RAY J SIMMENTALS

RAY & JEANETTE JANSSEN

ST. ROSE, MB

RAYMOND CHITTICK

MAYERTHORPE, AB

RAYNA BONCHUK

BIRTLE, MB

RDG SIMMENTALS

RYAN GYLANDER

WILDWOOD, AB

RED ROCK SIMMENTALS

ANTHONY CHUHAI

ROSSBURN, MB

RED TOP LIVESTOCK

BEN & KASSANDRA FARRANT

LOUSANA, AB

RED TOP LIVESTOCK & ASHWORTH FARM & RANCH

OUNGRE, SK

RED TOP LIVESTOCK & BEECHINOR LAND & LIVESTOCK

LOUSANA, AB

RED WILLOW RANCH LTD

DARREN TYLER

CUT KNIFE, SK

RED WILLOW RANCH&NOBLE COUNTRY ESTATES

C/O

CUT KNIFE, SK

REDRICH FARMS

TYLER & SHANIA DIETRICH BILL & TRACY DIETRICH

FORESTBURG, AB

RENEGADE FARMS

KATHRYN DOLLIVER & LUKE HAGGART

YELLOWHEAD COUNTY, AB

RENTZ LIVESTOCK

SHAWN & CARRIANN RENTZ

BARRHEAD, AB

RICHLAN FARMS

KAROLYN JONES

BRETON, AB

RICH-MC SIMMENTALS

MYLIA RICHARDS & JASON MCLEAN

PILOT MOUND, MB

RIDGELINE CATTLE CO.

TRAVIS CRYSTAL & BLAKE FISK

RED DEER COUNTY, AB

RILEY WOLFE

VALLEYVIEW, AB

RISKAN HOPE FARM

VERN & BARB LUTHER

CRAIK, SK

RIVER POINT CATTLE & REX CRAWFORD

GLENCOE, ON

RIVER POINT CATTLE CO.

JANE & REED CRAWFORD

GLENCOE, ON

RIVER’S EDGE CATTLE COMPANY

CASEY DAVID G. & DYAN FROESE

LA CRETE, AB

RIVERSIDE FARM - D & H TOBER

DAN & HEATHER TOBER

OXBOW, SK

RKT SIMMENTALS

M. KYLE RICK & JACKIE TAYLOR

MINNEDOSA, MB

PAUL & JENNIFER MASTINE

MELBOURNE, QC

PEARSON FARMS

DUNCAN OR JESSICA PEARSON CALMAR, AB

PEMLOCK SIMMENTAL

SCOTT LETTS WESTLOCK, AB

ROCKING R SIMMENTALS

RODERICK & KAREN ORANGE

BLUFFTON, AB

ROCKING WC LIVESTOCK

CONWAY CAMPBELL

CHAMPION, AB

ROGER FORTIER & FILS

MONIQUE DEMERS FORTIER

ST-PIERRE-BAPTISTE, QC

ROGERSON FARMS

BLAKE & JESSICA ROGERSON

CAMP CREEK, AB

ROLLING BAR RANCH

DARCY AMENDT & SUSAN WRIGHT-AMENDT

BRETON, AB

RON CROSBY

VANDERHOOF, BC

RON FURLOTTE

NASH CREEK, NB

ROSE HILL SIMMENTALS

JANET DARREL & TYRELL WENIG

WELDON, SK

ROSEBUD SIMMENTALS

DWAYNE & LILLIAN DOWELL

DIDSBURY, AB

ROSEMEAD FARM

IVAN C MATTHEWS

SARSFIELD, ON

ROSEWOOD FARMS

CRAIG MATTHEWS & TAYLOR VAN DEN AKKER

ORLEANS, ON

ROSS & MARILYN JANSEN

BEECHY, SK

RRTS SIMMENTAL

ROB & TINA STOWARDS

ARMSTRONG, BC

RUSSELL AUMACK

RABBIT LAKE, SK

RUSYLVIA CATTLE & LEE SHOLOGAN

MYRNAM, AB

RUSYLVIA CATTLE CO

KEN AND JOSIE PASHULKA TYSON RILEY & TAYLOR

PASHULKA

DERWENT, AB

RUSYLVIA CATTLE/ WESTGOLD FARM/R.PASHULKA

RILEY PASHULKA

MINBURN, AB

RUZICKA FARMS

DAYNA RUZICKA

KILLAM, AB

RUZICKA FARMS

DAVID RUZICKA

KILLAM, AB

RUZICKA FARMS

MICHAEL & JENINE RUZICKA

KILLAM, AB

RUZICKA FARMS

SARA-JANE RUZICKA

KILLAM, AB

RUZICKA FARMS - DARIAN

DARIAN RUZICKA

KILLAM, AB

RUZICKA FARMS - GARRETT

GARRETT RUZICKA

KILLAM, AB

RYAN & LINDSEY HICKS

HAVELOCK, NB

S AND S SIMMENTALS

STANLEY & SCOTT GIDDINGS

ENDEAVOUR, SK

SADIE ANWENDER

RADVILLE, SK

SAGE SIMMENTALS

JORDAN LAIRD & JUSTINE KNULL

YELLOWHEAD COUNTY, AB

RANCIER FARMS & DOUBLE BAR D RANCH

KILLAM, AB

RANCIER FARMS & ELITE CATTLE CO KILLAM, AB

SCHWEITZER SIMMENTALS

CAMERON SCHWEITZER

BRANDON, MB

SCISSORS CREEK CATTLE CO

RYDER JACE & NASH BEUTLER

WHITEWOOD, SK

SCISSORS CREEK CATTLE CO.

MARK & JENNALEE BEUTLER

WHITEWOOD, SK

SCOTT & TRINA WATSON

WOLSELEY, SK

SCOTT FARMS LTD

JOHN SCOTT & MATTHEW SCOTT

GLEN EWEN, SK

SCOTT LAND & CATTLE

DEVON & JENNIFER SCOTT

ARROWWOOD, AB

SECTION 17 LIVESTOCK

TRAVIS RATHGEBER

MELVILLE, SK

SELTE LAND & CATTLE

DARREN OR LEE SELTE VERMILION, AB

SERVICE ANIMAL NOISEUX

CHANTAL BOISVERT

ST-PAUL D’ABBOTSFORD, QC

SEVERTSON LAND & CATTLE CO

SCOTT & LISA SEVERTSON

RED DEER COUNTY, AB

SHADY LAWN FARMS INC

H. MARK & ELIZABETH R. SNOWDEN

PORT DOVER, ON

SHADY NOOK SIMMENTALS

STACEY & SUSAN BELL

CLIVE, AB

SHAWN & ANJE MILLER

DIDSBURY, AB

SHAYLYN & LINDSAY ARTHUR

MAYERTHORPE, AB

SHAYSON SIMMENTALS

SHAY & HEIDI MARTINDALE

LA COREY, AB

SHEALAND FARMS

ADAM & MARIE SHEA

BETHANY, ON

SHERWOOD FARMS

KRISTA & SCOTT SHERWOOD VERMILION, AB

SHORE SIMMENTALS

STEVEN & HOLLY SEBASTIAN

MONTMARTRE, SK

SIBL SIMMENTALS

IVAN/LINDA/BARCLAY SMITH

CHERHILL, AB

SIBL SIMMENTALS

BAILEY SMITH

CHERHILL, AB

SIBL SIMMENTALS/KD SIMMENTALS

CHERHILL, AB

SIERRA G. BRAND

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE, AB

SIGNAL SIMMENTALS

ARIK LINDAL

FISHER BRANCH, MB

SILVER CREEK SIMMENTALS

G A C & A FISK

PARRY, SK

SILVERLAKE FARMS & CZECH-MATE LIVESTOCK CARSTAIRS, AB

SIMMERON RANCH M. SKARET

MARTIN SKARET

STURGEON COUNTY, AB

SINISTER SIMMENTALS

DERRICK KYLUIK / ONSLAUGHT WELDING INC

SPIRITWOOD, SK

SIROSKI FARMS LTD DAVIDSON, SK

SIROSKI SIMMENTALS

BRETT AND BRENNA SIROSKI DAVIDSON, SK

SIX PACK SIMMENTALS

VICTOR & CORALEA ENS

MARTENSVILLE, SK

ROB & DEANNE YOUNG & GREENVALLEY RANCH

LTD

BRETON, AB

ROBB FARMS LTD.

GARY ROBB

MAIDSTONE, SK

ROBERT & DEANNE YOUNG

BRETON, AB

ROBSON ACRES

LAURA ROBSON

MILLBROOK, ON

ROBSON ACRES & RED RIBBON LIVESTOCK

MILLBROOK, ON

ROCKIN’ G RANCH

CHRIS TERRYL & JAMES GILLIS

BALDUR, MB

SKY TRACK RANCH

SHELBY BYGROVE

LLOYDMINSTER, SK

SKY TRACK RANCH & MCINTOSH LIVESTOCK

MAYMONT, SK

SKYLARK CATTLE COMPANY

EMILEE ORO

CLIVE, AB

SKYLINE SIMMENTALS

AMANDA STEFFLER

ONOWAY, AB

SKYRIDGE FARMS

GILLES VUIGNIER

ST. CLAUDE, MB

SKYWEST SIMMENTALS

RILEY EDWARDS

DIDSBURY, AB

SLM SIMMENTALS

MIRANDA STOPPLER

MONTMARTRE, SK

SOUTH SEVEN FARMS

ROBERT STUART

VEGREVILLE, AB

SOUTH SEVEN FARMS LTD

LINDEN STUART

VEGREVILLE, AB

SOUTHAM SIMMENTALS

SHARON SOUTHAM

ELM CREEK, MB

SOUTHPAW - SHALLAINE DALEY

SHALLAINE DALEY

CARSTAIRS, AB

SOUTHPAW CATTLE COMPANY

RON DALEY & TAMMI VANTIGHEM

CARSTAIRS, AB

SPRING CREEK COLONY

ANDY HOFER

CYPRESS COUNTY, AB

SPRING LAKE SIMMENTALS

DOUG LARENE & ERIC ZIMMER

DAYSLAND, AB

SPRUCE GROVE CATTLE CO.

BRUCE HOLMQUIST

KINISTINO, SK

SPRUCE ROCK FARMS

CHELSEA HEUFF

CARDINAL, ON

SPRUCE VIEW ACRES

STEVE & TRACY KUSHNERIK

CAMROSE COUNTY, AB

SPRUCEBURN SIMMENTALS

WILLIAM & DONNA MCMURTRY & HUGH FISHER

RED DEER COUNTY, AB

STARWEST FARMS LTD

KEN AND CAROL WARKENTIN & LANCE AND CHRISTEL

HAROLD

CALMAR, AB

STELLA MADER

CARSTAIRS, AB

STEPPLER FARMS LTD

ANDRE & KATIE STEPPLER

MIAMI, MB

STEWART FARMS

TAYLOR STEWART

MONTROSE, NS

STILL WATER RANCHES

KAITLYN & CURTIS GULLACKSON

COLD LAKE, AB

STOREBO FARMS

DALE & DWIGHT STOREBO & BRYCE BAXTER

BEECHY, SK

STRATHSPEY SIMMENTALS

LOGAN & MEGAN JEWELL

MEADOWBANK, PE

SAJ SIMMENTALS

STUART JAMIESON

EDAM, SK

SANDRA JEFFERY

MOOSE JAW, SK

SATCHWELL FARMS LTD.

BRANDON & DANIELLE SATCHWELL

CREMONA, AB

SAWLEY RANCHES LTD

TYLER JERRYCHARMAY SAWLEY

NANTON, AB

SUNNY VALLEY SIMMENTALS

WAYNE & LINDA LIBKE

HANLEY, SK

SUNVILLE SIMMENTALS

DUANE NADINE JERRY CAUMARTIN

MCCREARY, MB

SWAN LAKE FARMS LTD.

GREG GOUDY

STOUGHTON, SK

SWANTEWITT SIMMENTALS

GERD BREMMEKAMP

YELLOWHEAD COUNTY, AB

SYDNEY THORGILSSON

LUNDAR, MB

TANDEM T FARMS LTD

THOMAS & TORI PONICH

SMOKY LAKE, AB

TANGLE RIDGE RANCH

BREKELL & BRENDA OTTO

FOOTHILLS, AB

TED & KAREENA KWASNICKI

ASSINIBOIA, SK

TERRY & LORETTA YOUNG

EARL GREY, SK

THOMAS JANZEN

ROSEMARY, AB

THUNDERBROOK FARMS

MARK TRUEMAN

TRUEMANVILLE, NS

TIFFANY PETERS

PERDUE, SK

TILSON CREEK FARMS

BRAYDEN KRESHEWSKI

ROSSBURN, MB

TIME VIEW FARMS

TIM MEL ALEX & TROY COULTES

BRUSSELS, ON

TIMM CATTLE CO.

DARREL & JENNA TIMM

KINISTINO, SK

TODD SIMMENTALS

ALEXIS & KIRK STODDARD

SHEFFORD, QC

TOLLVIEW FARMS

BRETT TOLL

OTTAWA, ON

TONETTE FARMS

THOMAS G. STILLMAN

HAVELOCK, ON

TOP OF THE HILL FARM

JOHN-CALVIN SIDDALL

SOUTHAMPTON, NS

TOWNVIEW FARMS

JARET GIRODAT

SHAUNAVON, SK

TRENDSETTER LIVESTOCK

QUADE COOK

BIG VALLEY, AB

TRENDSETTER LIVESTOCK SERVICES

RYAN COOK

BIG VALLEY, AB

TRI K CATTLE

KEITH & KEIRAN HODGES

BEAVERLODGE, AB

TRIANGLE 33 SIMMENTALS

RITTER/YOUNG

EARL GREY, SK

TRIANGLE K SIMMENTALS

WADE & GLYNIS / DON & MONA KOBERSTEIN

EDMONTON, AB

TRIANGLE K SIMMENTALS & SIBL SIMMENTALS

EDMONTON, AB

TRIANGLE STOCK FARMS

VANCE AND MICHELE KLEPPER

PARKLAND COUNTY, AB

SJOSTRAND FARMS

CODI & COLE SJOSTRAND

MIDALE, SK

STRIKER CATTLE CO.

KIM & TYLER WARBURTON

BRANDON, MB

STURGEON RIVER PUREBREDS

SARAH BOWMAN

ONOWAY, AB

SULLIVAN SIMMENTALS

JOHN &/OR LINDA SULLIVAN

KAZABAZUA, QC

SUN RISE SIMMENTALS

EVAN & LINDA CUSS

SPY HILL, SK

SUN RISE SIMMENTALS&MAXWELL SIMMENTALS

SPY HILL, SK

SUN STAR SIMMENTALS

MERLIN JOY & DEAN ARNTZEN

SEDGEWICK, AB

TRIN SIMMENTALS

TRINITY MARONDA

LOMOND, AB

TRIPLE D SIMMENTALS

DONNA & DYLAN DESROCHERS

BALDUR, MB

TRIPLE R SIMMENTAL

R & Y DEQUIER CARMAN, MB

TRIPLE T DIAMOND SIMMENTAL

WADE & ANGELA THORGILSSON

LUNDAR, MB

TRIPLE T DIAMOND SIMMENTALS

STEWART THORGILSSON

LUNDAR, MB

TRIPLE-K SIMMENTALS

BERNIE D KLAMMER

VEGREVILLE, AB

TRI-STAR CATTLE CO

THOMAS CLARK MARCHANT ARDEN, MB

TULSA SMITH

BYEMOOR, AB

TWIN BRAE SIMMENTALS

BARRY & GLENDA CHESCU

INGLIS, MB

TWIN MEADOW & ALLIANCE SIMMENTAL C/O PATRICK & TRACEY WILCOX TREHERNE, MB

TWIN MEADOW LIVESTOCK FARMS

PATRICK & TRACEY WILCOX TREHERNE, MB

TWIN OAK LIVESTOCK

GARY JOSIE & MARY JANE ROBINSON TREHERNE, MB

TWISTED B RANCH

BREANN WOOLSEY & BRANDON PERKINS NIPAWIN, SK

TWISTED SISTERS LIVESTOCK

BRIANNA KIMMEL

LLOYDMINSTER, AB

TWO TALL SIMMENTALS

SHAELYNN HOUCHIN

BOWDEN, AB

TY-D LIVESTOCK

TY & TAYLOR DRAVES

STREAMSTOWN, AB

TYLER & ERIN LIBKE

TYLER & ERIN LIBKE HANLEY, SK

TYLER/ERIN LIBKE&BOHRSON MARKETING HANLEY, SK

UGANECZ SIMMENTALS

ARRON UGANECZ

LAC LA BICHE, AB

ULES BAXTER & PATTI CRAWFORD-BAXTER

ULES & PATTI CRAWFORD BAXTER NEWTOWN, NB

ULTRA LIVESTOCK

TIM & CATHY CHALACK AND RILEY & CASSIDY CHALACK CARSTAIRS, AB

ULTRA LIVESTOCK & CANADIAN DONORS

C/O ULTRA LIVESTOCK CARSTAIRS, AB

ULTRA LIVESTOCK & CRISIS CATTLE CO

C/0 ULTRA LIVESTOCK CARSTAIRS, AB

ULTRA LIVESTOCK & HAY VALLEY RANCHES

C/O ULTRA LILVESTOCK CARSTAIRS, AB

ULTRA LIVESTOCK & SCOTT CATTLE

CARSTAIRS, AB

VALLEYFIELD SIMMENTALS

LARRY J. DYCK

STANLEY, MB

VAN DE VELDE CATTLE

JARED & MATTHEW VAN DE VELDE

MARIAPOLIS, MB

VIRGINIA PETERS (SAPSFORD)

PERDUE, SK

VIRGINIA RANCH

HARRY & MICHELLE SATCHWELL

CREMONA, AB

VIRGINIA RANCH & SATCHWELL FARMS LTD

CREMONA, AB

WAGNER’S CATTLE COMPANY

JUSTIN & MCKENZIE WAGNER

LESLIEVILLE, AB

WALKERBRAE FARMS

TYSON & SCOTT WALKER

GUELPH, ON

WALLGREN FARMS

DEAN WALLGREN

EDGERTON, AB

WAYDAMAR FARMS

DAVID J. MILLINER

DUNDALK, ON

WAYNE BONCHUK

BIRTLE, MB

WELDEHAVEN FARMS

ANDREW WELDEN

GRENVILLE, QC

WEPPLER CATTLE COMPANY

BRAEDEN WEPPLER

TARA, ON

WESLEY DOYON

SAINT-BENOAZT-LABRE, QC

WESTBROOK

JORDAN BUBA & LUKE LEWIS

ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, AB

WESTBROOK & DEREK WESTMAN

ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, AB

WESTEROSE STONE SIMMENTALS

BLAINE STONE

WESTEROSE, AB

WESTGOLD FARMS LTD & RUSYLVIA CATTLE CO

MINBURN, AB

WESTHILL RANCH SIMMENTALS

ROBERT KATELYN MATT HOLBA

GOODSOIL, SK

WESTWAY FARMS LTD.

TOM & CAROL ANN HADWAY

DIDSBURY, AB

WESTWAY FARMS LTD. & BRAD SCHMIDT

DIDSBURY, AB

WHEALE N’ WOLFE FLECKVIEH

KEVIN & COURTNEY WHEALE

RIMBEY, AB

WHEATLAND SIMMENTAL STOCK FARM

VERNON LAFRENTZ

BIENFAIT, SK

WHISKEY JACK SIMMENTAL

DARCY & TAMARA KURIGA

WHITELAW, AB

WHITEWATER LIVESTOCK

KURTIS & CHELSEA BLACK

HALEY STATION, ON

WHITEWOOD RANCH

TOM & LUCIE KNUDSEN KRISTIE & JOSH KOHUT

FORT KENT, AB

WILD OAK FARMS

TINA & BRANDON HIDDINK

BLOOMFIELD, ON

WILD ROSE RANCH

RANDY AND MATTHEW BORYSIUK

VERMILION, AB

WILLERTON SIMMENTALS

RYLIE WILLERTON

PORCUPINE PLAIN, SK

WILLIAM THOMAS WALTER HADWAY

WILL HADWAY

DIDSBURY, AB

WILLOW CREEK SIMMENTALS

MICHAEL W KLASSEN

CROOKED CREEK, AB

WILLOW ROAD FARMS LTD

ADAM SMITH

ATHABASCA, AB

WILLOWDALE SIMMENTALS

DALE R & JUDY SMITH

VALLEYVIEW, AB

WINDING LANE SIMMENTALS

CHRIS & JANINE PENNER

CARMAN, MB

WISE RANCH

DALLAS WISE

IRRICANA, AB

WISER HEIGHTS STOCK FARMS

BRAD & VAL ARNOLD

THORNDALE, ON

WOLFE FARMS

TONY WOLFE

VALLEYVIEW, AB

WOLFE LAKE FARMS INC

OLIN ROSVOLD

LA GLACE, AB

WOLFE’S FLECKVIEH

SHANE J WOLFE

SUNDRE, AB

WYATT MILLAR

GRANDORA, SK

WYECREST FARMS

RICK BATTY

BROOKLIN, ON

XCEL LIVESTOCK

KEVIN MACINTYRE & TRACY BEHNKE

RUSSELL, ON

XCEL LIVESTOCK & RIVERPOINT CATTLE

GLENCOE, ON

XCEL LIVESTOCK/KENDRA STANLEY

RUSSELL, ON

XO CATTLE CO.

GRACIE FALCONER & TANNER BERTHOLET

HARTNEY, MB

XRC SIMMENTALS

IAN & CATHY KLICS

MEADOW LAKE, SK

YANKO SIMMENTALS

BRYAN & TAMMI YANKO ITUNA, SK

YELLOW ROSE CATTLE CO.

BOBBI-GAYLE HOSEGOOD

FALUN, AB

ZACH BOTT

MOUNT FOREST, ON

ZIEVIEW FARMS INC

SHANA & DARYL ZIEBARTH

PAKENHAM, ON

Chief Executive Officer - Canadian Simmental Association (CSA)

About Us: Leading in beef genetics for 50+ years, CSA is poised for a new era of innovation, technology adoption, and stronger industry relevance

Role:

• Oversee operations, staff and execution of the CSA’s strategic plan.

• Champion genetic improvement.

• Strengthen industry relationships.

• Elevate CSA’s profile.

• See full job posting at: https://simmental.com

Ideal Candidate:

• Proven experience in leadership, strategic planning and governance.

• Emotionally intelligent, clear communicator, collaborative leader.

• Solutions -focused, adaptable, and committed to improvement.

Location: Calgary (Remote/Hybrid)

Compensation: Competitive, based on experience.

Apply with cover letter and resume by October 17,2025 to CSAcareers@protonmail.com

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MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN LOVING MEMORY OF WENDY STEWART OBITUARY

August 2, 1967 - July 30, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Wendy Geraldine Stewart on Wednesday, July 30, 2025 in her 58th year, surrounded by her family after a long courageous battle with cancer. A proud lifelong resident of Calumet Island, Quebec, Wendy was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend whose legacy will live on in the hearts of all who knew her.

She leaves behind her loving husband, Denis Dufault; her daughter Kalie (Curtis); and her son Kyle (Breanna). Wendy was the proudest grandmother to Kinsley, Karsyn, and Lucas — her greatest treasures and constant source of joy.

Wendy is predeceased by her parents, Gerald and Beulah Stewart, her grandson Koleton and her sister Helen. She is survived by her sisters Linda (Woody), Gayle (late Philippe), Lois (Victor) and Sally (Richard), as well as many cherished nieces, nephews.

Wendy lived and breathed Simmental cattle. Her passion for farming ran deep, and she dedicated her life to raising quality cattle alongside her family at Dunraven Simmentals, the farm she so fiercely loved and took pride in. Whether she was working the barn, preparing for a show, or simply walking through her pastures, Wendy’s heart was always with her cattle. The farm was more than a livelihood — it was her identity, her pride, and her happy place. Her commitment to the Simmental breed and to the agricultural community will leave a lasting impact for years to come.

Wendy was strong-willed, courageous, and endlessly determined — a woman who met every challenge head-on. She had a spark that lit up every room, a laugh that was impossible to forget, and a generosity that touched everyone she met. She was the life of the party, always ready with a story, a smile, or a helping hand.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF BRIAN GLEN KITCHEN

May 4, 1948 - April 28, 2025

With family by his side, Brian passed away peacefully on April 28, 2025, at his home in Stuart, Florida, after a courageous battle with Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinson’s disease. He is survived by his beloved wife, Sue, who has cared so deeply for him.

Brian was predeceased by his parents Glen and Jean Kitchen of Curries, ON. He was the proud and loving father of his daughter Leah (John) and their children Susanna, Cameron and Heidi of Calgary; daughter Sarah (Kevin) and their children Rachel and Cole of Winnipeg; and Curtis (Kristen) and their son Colter of Victoria. He cherished his siblings Marge and Dorothy Jean (Lance) and his nieces Jennifer (Ian) and their daughters Bella and Grace; and Elizabeth (Karl).

Brian grew up on the family farm in Curries. After graduation from University of Guelph he moved to Calgary, AB, and later to the US. He worked in the agricultural industry until retiring to Florida where he spent happy years travelling and having adventures with Sue. Known fondly to family and friends as “Kitch”, Brian will be forever remembered for his warmth, generous nature, and his genuine sense of humour. He had a spirit of adventure, passion for world travel, and a natural ability to recognize and select exceptional livestock. He brought light and energy into any room he walked into, along with his classic one-liners and his hearty laughter. He will be missed.

MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS

CONGRATULATIONS!

Sarah and Lane from Back in Black Simmentals got married on June 21, 2025! They are now Sarah Steffler and Lane Steffler.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Pierce David Boutin

June 20

7lbs 7oz

21 inches

Big brothers Calder and Porter. Parents

Shandi and Robbie. Grandparents Dave & Chris McMillen (McMillen Ranching)

CONGRATULATIONS!

Kashton Kirby was born June 19 2025. He is the son of Madison Boal and Brandon Kirby. The newest member of JCL Simmentals! Super proud grandparents of Jaime and Jason Rowland and overjoyed Aunt Zoey and Uncle Colby!

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Alta Genetics Inc

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Anchor D Ranch Simmentals

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Ashworth Farm & Ranch

Avrielle & Alexia Brehaut

Back In Black Simmentals

Bacon Farms Ltd

Baehr Acres Shorthorns - Connie Baehr

Bar CL Livestock

Bar M Simmentals

Bar SK Livestock

Barb Judd

Barb Vance

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Bennet Reiss

Bert’s NR Simmentals

Betty Blize

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Black’s Cattle Co

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Bow Valley Genetics LTD.

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Brodyn LaBatte

Broken C Simmentals

Bruce Homequist

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Canadian Donors

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Carol High

Cattlevids Ventures

Century Simmentals

Chessor Farms

Circle G Cattle Co

Circle K Simmentals

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City View Simmentals

Clearwater Simmentals

Cody Coupland

Compass Creative

Cream of the Crop Sale Group

Crooked Creek Farms

Crossroad Farms Ltd.

Curtis Simmentals

Czech-Mate Livestock

Dale Eyben

Darryl & Debbie Snider

Davis-Rairdan Embryo Transplants

Day View Dawn Farms

Deeg Simmentals

Delichte Simmentals

DK Land & Cattle

DLMS / Cattlevids

DLSO Simmentals

Don Heggie Simmental

Donovandale Farms

Double Bar D Farms

Doug Benneweis

Doug Hoffus

Downhill Simmentals

East Poplar Simmentals

Easton Kotobinshicky

Eaton Livestock

Elm Tree Farms

Erixon Simmentals

E-Zee Cattle Co

Faith Collins

Fallen Timber Farms

Farmfair International

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Ferme Gagnon

Flying F Ranch

Flying W Stock Farm

Foley Simmentals

Frazer Redpath

Gail Postnikoff

Garren Skeels

Gaylene Groeneveld

Giraudier Family

Gisele Kotowich

Grace and Vance Hoffus

Gracy & Thomas Bohrson

Grassroots Ranch

Gravandale Simmentals

Grona Farms

H.S Knill Co Transport

Handford Simmentals

Harvest Angus - Tom Dewaal

Harvie Crest Cattle

Havencrest Farms

Hema Simmental

High Country Cattle Services

Highwood Land & Cattle

Hillbilly Cattle Company

Hi-Tech Farms

Hoegl Livestock

Hoffus Stock Farms

Horner Cattle Co

Innovation Media

JayDawn Farms

Jesse Haugh

Jetstream Livestock

Jim & Reena Pulyk

Johnson Land & Cattle

Johnson Ranching

Juniors Cattle Co. - Barry Baczuk

Kathol Simmental Ranch

Kay & Laurie Wynder

KCH Cattle Co

Kelly Shaver

Keystone Livestock

Kin Kin Cattle Co

Kotowich Evergreen Farms Ltd

KSL Simmentals

KT Ranches

Kurtis Bartlett

Kwiatowski Cattle

LA Ranch

LaBatte Farms Ltd

Labatte Simmentals

Lachlan Verry

Lee & Faith Shologan

Lewis Farms

Lindgren Simmentals

Little H Cattle Co

Locust Hill Farms

Lorne Webster

Luv-In-It Cattle Co

M & J Farms

Mader Ranches

Madge Simmentals

Malowany Simmental

Mark Land & Cattle

Martens Livestock

Martin Cattle Services

Massion Farm

Maxstone Simmentals

Maxwell Simmentals

McCormack Family Ranch

MCG Simmentals

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McKinley Reiss

McMillen Ranching

Me ‘N My Simmentals

Michelson Land & Cattle

Mike & Gerald Malowany

Millington Ranch

Moose Valley Ranch

Mutch Farms

NA Bar Land & Cattle Ltd

Nattalie Kroetsch

New Beginnings Farms

Niwa Ranching Co Ltd

Northern Lights Simmentals

Northern Lights Simmentals - Cody Carson

Northern Livestock Sales

Oak Hill Farms

Oakview Simmentals

Oberle Circle 7 Ranch

Owen Day

Paige Warner

Paige Zimmer

Paulette Lanoie

Perkin Land & Cattle

Perrot Cattle Co

Peters Simmentals

Pine Creek Simmentals

Plummer Land & Cattle

Porter Simmentals

Prairie Wind Farms Ltd

R Plus Simmentals

Rancier Farms

Red Top Livestock

Red Willow Ranch

Reegan Woychysyn

RenJay Farms

RichMc Farms Ltd

Ridgeview Cattle Co

Riverside Angus & Simmentals

Riverside Farm

Robb Farms

Robert Kirby

Rocking Z Cattle Co

Rosemead Farms

Roy Lewis Veterinary Services

Rusylvia Cattle Co

Ryan Hurlburt

Ryan Kirby

SAJ Simmentals

Scherger Ranching

Scissors Creek Cattle Co

Scott Land & Cattle

Shay Sheaves

Sheldon Kwiatkowski

Shologan Cattle

SIBL Simmentals

Silver Ridge Livestock

Silverlake Farms

Simmental Association of BC

Simmental Forever Ranch

Simon Johnson

Snider’s Kettle Corn

Southern Comfort Farms

Springer Simmentals

Starwest Farms

Stoney Creek Simmental

Stout Bros. Simmentals

Sullivan Simmentals

Sun Rise Simmentals

Sunny Valley Simmentals

Swan Lake Farms Ltd

T Bar C Cattle Co

Teagan & Robyn Tychkowsky

Thompson Livestock

Three Star Simmentals

Tim McVicar

Timberwood Farms

Timm Cattle Co

Today’s Publishing

TSN Simmentals

Twin Springs Farm

Ty Z Livestock

Ultra Livestock

W2 Farms

W2 Land & Cattle

Waydamar Farms’

Weppler Cattle Co

Westbrook Ventures

Western Litho Printers

Westlock Veterinary Centre

Westman Farms Ltd

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Wheatland Cattle Co

Wilcox Simmentals

Willerton Simmentals

Willow Creek Simmentals

Wimmer Family Farm

Windy Knoll Farm

Yanko Simmentals

Canadian Simmental Association Z Bar Farms

Upcoming Events Shows:

Oct 3-5 – Olds Fall Classic – Olds

Oct 17 – 18 - The Immortals - Stettler

Oct 28 – 31 – Stockade Roundup – Lloydminster

Nov 4-9 – Farm Fair International – Edmonton

Oct 5 – Autumn Prospects Open Heifers & 4H Steers Sale 2025 – DLMS Farm Gate

Oct 10-11 – The Backdrop Fall Female Sale – DLMS Farm Gate

Oct 10 – Anchor D Pasture Treasures Female Sale – Rimbey

Oct 11 – Shades of Fall 2nd Annual Simmental Female Sale – Bentley

Oct 20 – Gilchrist Genetics Gems Female Sale – DLMS Farm Gate

Oct 23 – Mader Ranches Ladies Night 2025 Edition – Carstairs

Oct 25 – Triangle Stock Farm Keepin It Simple Simmental Female Sale – DLMS Farm Gate

Nov 13 – W Sunrise Angus & Simmental Production Sale – Olds

Nov 15 – Transcon’s Western Harvest 12thAnnual Simmental - Didsbury

Nov 21 – Ladies of the Peace 4th Annual Female Sale – Grande Prairie

Nov 22 – KSL Simmentals Production Sale – Beaverlodge

Nov 28 – Lone Stone Farms Invitational Female Sale – Westlock

Dec 3 – Country Classic Sale – Viking

Dec 5-- SimPower 10th Annual Female Sale – Olds

Dec 13 – Kathol Simmental Ranch Bull & Female Sale – Drayton Valley

Dec 15 – Border City 8th Annual Simmental Sale – Lloydminster Dec 16 – Southern Alberta Simmental Round Up 32nd Annual Bull & Female Sale – Stavely

Dec 18 – MAVV Farms Bull & Female Sale – Okotoks

Dec 19 – Friday Night Lights 14th Annual Simmental Sale – Olds

Dec 20 – Transcon’s Fleckvieh Equation & Ultimate Red and Black Simmental Sale – Red Deer

Dec 31 – New Year’s Resolution - Calgary

Sweepstake$

6 PM :: Nov. 26, 2025 :: Agribition

:: Farm Nominations only $250!

~ Nominations open to any CSA members!

~ Contact the SSA Office or any of the SSA Directors to nominate your farm!

Memberships can be purchased in advance office ph/text: 306-697-7855 email: sasksimmental@yourlink.ca

:: Silver memberships only $100! For a chance to win..

~ $10,000 Sale Credit(s) to purchase an animal from any of the nominated farms!

~ Secondary prizes drawn throughout the night!

~ Silver memberships can be purchased in advance!

Fall Show & Sales

17th Annual Ranchman’s Ridin’ & Recitin’ Pen Show - Sept. 27

Edam Fall Fair

October 25 - contact John Grant 306-441-7984

Lloydminster Stockade Roundup Oct. 28 - 31

Yorkton Harvest Showdown Nov. 5 - 8

Canadian Western Agribition

November 26

9 AM Simmental Show

6 PM Breeder’s Sweepstakes

November 28 10 AM Commercial Show

November 29 8 AM Bull Pen Alley 11 AM Commercial Sale

to everyone that supported our 2025 MSA FIELD DAY & AGM full results on our website

MANITOBA SIMMENTAL FALL SALES

NOVEMBER 1ST

Cherry Creek Farms Online Bull & Female Sale FarmGateTimedAuctions.ca

NOVEMBER 7TH

Rainbow River Simmentals Online Sale FarmGateTimedAuctions.ca

NOVEMBER 20TH

Pembina Triangle Simmental Assoc. 45th Annual Sale Cypress River, Manitoba

DECEMBER 2ND

Keystone Konnection 47th Annual Sale Brandon, Manitoba

DECEMBER 3RD

Maple Lake Stock Farms Fall Bred Heifer Sale Grande Clairiere, Manitoba

DECEMBER 8TH

Northern Light Bred Heifer & 2 Year Old Bull Sale Rossburn, Manitoba

DECEMBER 9TH

Cream of the Crop Simmental Sale FarmGateTimedAuctions.ca

DECEMBER 10TH

Premium Picks Simmental Sale Kenton, MB

DECEMBER 12TH

OPT Bred For Success 2nd Annual Female Event Darlingford, MB

DECEMBER 13TH

Transcon’s Season Wrap Up Bull & Female Sale Neepawa, Manitoba

DECEMBER 14TH

Bonchuk Farms Female Production Sale McAuley, Manitoba

2025 A.O Henuset Ambassador BERT’S NR SIMMENTALS Haywood, MB

MANITOBA SIMMENTAL ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP Deadline December 31, 2025 watch our website for more info

MANITOBA AG EX SIMMENTAL SHOW BRANDON, MB

Ontario Simmental Association

FALL 2025 SALES WHAT’S HAPPENING WHAT’S HAPPENING

Check out the upcoming Fall Sales for Quality Simmental genetics to propel your program

Ontario Simmental Solution Sale

October 4 ~ Staffa, ON

Future's One Simmental Sale

October 4 ~ Staffa, ON

IRCC Quality Control Sale

October 5 ~ Indian River, ON

Koyle/Stewart/Miller 3rd Annual Online Sale

October 6 ~ Iona Station, ON

Stars of the Valley Sale

October 18 ~ Metcalfe, ON

RPCC & Guests Fall Gala Sale

October 19 ~ Glencoe, ON

Dunraven Raising the Bar Sale

October 19 ~ Calumet Island, QC

Leahy Select Bull & Female Sale

October 25 ~ Lakefield, ON

Dudgeon Cattle Co. & Guests

Top Cut Bred Heifer Sale

November 1 ~ Hanover, ON

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ADVERTISER’S INDEX

CSA EXECUTIVE

President

Randy Noble

Lloydminster, AB P: (306) 821-0113 randyjoenoble@gmail.com

First Vice-President

Ben Farrant Lousana, AB P: 403-896-4331 redtopagventures@gmail.com

Second Vice-President

Barclay Smith

Cherhill, AB P: (780) 305-6716 barclay.sibl@hotmail.com

CSA DIRECTORS

Kyle Lewis

Spruce Grove, AB P: (780) 220-9188 kyle@lewisfarms.ca

Blair McIntosh Maymont, SK C: (306) 441-7755 mcintoshlivestock@hotmail.com

Neil Carson Rossburn, MB, C: (204) 859-0105 neilcarson1973@gmail.com

Scott Matthews Cookshire-Eaton, QC C: (819) 993-5187 scottmatthews01@gmail.com

Leanna Mitchell Barriere, BC P: 250-318-5245 leannaflcc@outlook.com

Blair Williamson Lambton Shores, ON C: 519-808-0516 ridgeviewcattleco@gmail.com

Jennie Mutch Vernon, PEI C: (902) 388-1613 jenniemutch@gmail.com

PROVINCIAL

ASSOCIATIONS

British Columbia

Chet Jans President Groundbirch, BC 250-780-2141 chet@fallentimberfarms.com

Secretary: Leanna Mitchell Barrier, BC 250-318-5245 simmentalbc@gmail.com

Alberta President Reese Maxwell

Viking, AB P: (780) 385-5394 maxwellreece96@gmail.com

Secretary: Katie Deeg P: (403) 899-2291 albertasimmental@gmail.com

Saskatchewan President Kyron Manske Coronach, SK 306-267-7530

Kyron_manske@hotmail.com

Secretary: Carolyn McCormack P: (306) 697-2945 sasksimmental@yourlink.ca

Manitoba President Brooke Canart McAuley, MB P: (204) 851-2531 brookecanart@gmail.com

Secretary: Sandra Brigden Minnedosa MB P: (403) 638-7741 sandra.mbsimmental@gmail.com

Ontario President Dylan Foley Kanata, ON 613-913-9423 foleysimmentals@gmail.com

Member Services Manager: memberservices.osa@gmail.com

Quebec

President - Pat Sullivan Kazabazua, QC 819-334-2409 pjslivestock@hotmail.ca

Secretary: Amanda Kirby Sawyerville, QC 819-889-3260 mlynnkirby99@gmail.com

Maritimes

President Wade’s Loane Kilmuir, PE (902) 969-0397 whiskeyriver70@gmail.com

Secretary: Ella Lentz

Mount Uniacke, NS P: (902) 790-6823 ellalentz97@gmail.com

CSA STAFF

General Manager

Bruce Holmquist C: (639) 314-4613

bholmquist@simmental.com

Office Manager

Barb Judd P: (403) 250-7979 bjudd@simmental.com

Programs Coordinator

Sue Giles P: (403) 793-0409 sgiles@simmental.com

Processing Department & Member Services

Perry Welygan pwelygan@simmental.com

Laurie Macdonald lmacdonald@simmental.com

Receptionist & Member Services

Devra Leavitt dleavitt@simmental.com

Administrative Assistant

Laura Shuttleworth lshuttleworth@simmental.com

YCSA Coordinator

Jennifer Scott

902-968-1285

ycsacoordinator@simmental.com

Simmental Country Field Representative

Dwayne Martin

780-940-3510

dmartin@simmental.com

WHAT’S HAPPENING

OCTOBER

Oct 3-5

Olds Fall Classic Olds, AB

Oct 4 Ontario Simmental Solution 8th Annual Sale Staffa, ON

Oct 4 Futures One Simmental Sale: Edition 16 Staffa, ON

Oct 4 Select Female Sale Shawinigan, QC

Oct 5 IRCC “Quality Control IX” Female Sale Indian River, ON

Oct 5 Autumn Prospects Open Heifer & 4H Steer Sale 2025

Oct 6

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Koyle/Stewart/Miller 3rd Annual Online Sale

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Oct 7 Canadian Sires October Online Semen Sale

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Oct 9 The Evolution: Volume V Lloydminster, SK

Oct 10 Anchor D “Pasture Treasures“ Females Sale Rimbey, AB

Oct 10 - 11 The Backdrop Fall Female Sale

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Oct 11 Expo Boeuf - National Simmental Show Victoriaville, QC

Oct 11 Shades of Fall 2nd Annual Simmental Female Sale Bentley, AB

Oct 13 Balamore Farms Shoreline Female Sale Great Village, NS

Oct 14

Highwoods Family Affair Sale

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Oct 16 Mader Ranches Ladies Night 2025 E ditio n Carstairs, AB

Oct 16-19 Fraser Valley Junior Showdown Abbotsford, BC

Oct 17-18 The Immortals Show Stettler, AB

Oct 18 Stars Of The Valley Sale Metcalfe, ON

Oct 19 RPCC & Guests “Fall Gala“ 9th Production Sale Glencoe, ON

Oct 19 Dunraven Raising The Bar Sale Calmut Island, QC

Oct 20 Gilchrist Genetics Gems Female Sale

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Oct 23 Mader Ranches Ladies Night Carstairs AB

Oct 25 Quebec Elite Sale Shefford, QC

Oct 25 Triangle Stock Farm “Keepin It Simple” Simmental Female Sale

DLMS.ca FarmGate

Oct 25 Edam Fall Fair Edam, SK

Oct 25 Atlantic Alliance Production Sale Nappan, NS

Oct 26

Leahy Livestock Select Bull & Female Sale Featuring Guest M&L Cattle Co. Indian River, ON

Oct 26 Sane Female Sale Saint-Cesaire, QC

Oct 26 -27

Oct 28 – 31

DRSS Commercial Bred Heifer Sale

DLMS.ca FarmGate

Lloydminster Stockade Roundup Lloydminster, SK

Oct 29 - Nov 1 Manitoba Ag Ex Brandon, MB

Oct 30 - 31 Sister’s From Different Misters DLMS.ca FarmGate

NOVEMBER

Nov 1 Dudgeon Cattle Co. & Guest Top Cut Bred Heifer Sale Hanover, ON

Nov 1 Cherry Creek Farms Online Bulls & Female Sale

Nov 4

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Canadian Sires November Online Semen Sale

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Nov 5 The Simmental Association Of British Columbia AGM Zoom

Nov 5 – 8 Farmfair International Edmonton, AB

Nov 5 – 8

Nov 7

Nov 7 – 16

Yorkton Harvest Showdown Yorkton, SK

Rainbow River Simmental Online Sale DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Royal Winter Fair Toronto, ON

Nov 13 W Sunrise Angus & Simmental Production Sale Olds, AB

Nov 15

Transcon’s Western Harvest 12th Annual Simmental Female Sale Didsbury, AB

Nov 15 Six Mile Ranch “Genetic Focus 2025“ Sale Fir Mountain, SK

Nov 15 - 16 The Enhancement Angus & Simmental Grozen Genetic Sale

Nov 16

Nov 20

Nov 21

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Quebec Simmental AGM Drummondville, QC

Pembina Triangle Simmental Association 45th Annual Sale Cypress River, MB

Ladies of the Peace 4th Annual Female Sale Grand Prairie, AB

Nov 22 KSL Simmental Production Sale Beaverlodge, AB

Nov 22

Nov 27

Nov 28

Stanley Martens Farms Flechvieh Mature Cow Herd Dispersal Decorah, Iowa

The Associate Invitational

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Lone Stone Farms Invitational Female Sale Westlock, AB

WHAT’S HAPPENING

Nov 24 – 29 Canadian Western Agribition Regina, SK

Nov 30 Lakeview Simmentals Production Sale Meacham, SK

DECEMBER

Dec 1 Anderson Bred Heifers 12th Annual Sale Innisfail, AB

Dec 1 Westman Farms 26th Annual Bred Heifer Sale Vermilion, AB

Dec 2 Canadian Sires December Online Semen Sale

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Dec 2 Keystone Konnection 47th Annual Simmental Sale Brandon, MB

Dec 3 Country Classic Sale Viking, AB

Dec 3 Maple Lake Stock Farms Fall Bred Heifer Sale Grande Clairiere, MB

Dec 4 Lewis Farms Leading Ladies Female Sale Spruce Grove, AB

Dec 5 SimPower 10th Annual Female Sale Olds, AB

Dec 6 Wolfe Farms 21st Annual Fleckvieh Sale Valleyview, AB

Dec 6 M. C. Quantock Livestock “Super Sisters” Bred Heifer & Special Opportunity Cow Sale Lloydminster, SK

Dec 7

Northern Light Simmentals Bred Heifer & 2 year-old Bull Sale Rossburn, MB

Dec 8 Up The Ante Online Female Sale

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Dec 9 Cream of the Crop Simmental Female Sale

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

Dec 10 Premium Picks Simmental Female Sale Kenton, MB

Dec 11 Transcon Simsational 48th Annual Simmental Sale Moose Jaw, SK

Dec 12 OPT Bred For Success 2nd Female Event Darlingford, MB

Dec 13

Transcon’s Season Wrap-Up Simmental Bull & Female Sale Neepawa, MB

Dec 13 Kathol Simmental Ranch

Dec 13

Dec 14

Dec 15

Dec 16

Dec 16 -17

Dec 17

Dec 18

Dec 19

Dec 20

Dec 20 - 22

Dec 30

Drayton Valley, AB

MRL Herd Builders

Carievale, SK

Bonchuk Farms Female Production Sale

McAuley, MB

Opportunity Knocks Sale 6.0

Lanigan, SK

Border City 8th Annual Simmental Sale

Lloydminster, SK

Southern Alberta Simmental Round Up 32nd Annual Bull & Female Sale

Stavely, AB

Ladies Of Windy Knoll Online Female Sale

DLMS.ca FarmGate Timed

DRSS Commercial Bred Heifer Sale

DLMS.ca FarmGate

Steppler Farms Production Sale

Miami, MB

MAVV Farms Bull & Female Event

Okotoks, AB

Friday Night Lights 14th Annual Simmental Sale

Olds, AB

Transcon’s Fleckvieh Equation Fullblood Simmental Sale

Red Deer, AB

Transcon’s Ultimate Red & Black XXVIII Simmental Sale

Red Deer, AB

Crittenden Land & Cattle Complete Hereford Dispersal

Imperial, SK

Transcon’s National Trust - On Ice Sale

Online

Premier & Guests Falls View Production Sale

Toronto, ON

Dec 31 New Year’s Resolution Sale Volume XIV

Calgary, AB

January

Jan 31

J an 31

Lazy S Ranch 57th Annual Bull Power Sale

Mayerthorpe, AB

M. C. Quantock “Canada’s Bulls” Bull Sale

Lloydminster, SK

DON’T FORGET TO SEND IN YOUR BULL SALE DATE TO GET ON THE CALENDAR FOR NEXT ISSUE

OCTOBER

Saturday, October 11, 2025

Shades of Fall - 2nd Annual Simmental Female Sale Bentley, AB

NOVEMBER

Saturday, November 15, 2025

Transcon’s Western Harvest 12th Annual Simmental Female Sale NEW DATE & LOCATION - Didsbury, AB

Friday, November 28, 2025

Lone Stone Farms Invitational Female Sale Westlock, AB

Sunday, November 30, 2025

Lakeview Simmentals Production Sale Meacham, SK

DECEMBER

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Keystone Konnection 47th Annual Simmental Sale Brandon, MB

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Pleasant Dawn Farms 1st Annual Charolais Female Sale Oak Lake, MB

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Transcon’s Simmsational 48th Annual Simmental Sale Moose Jaw, SK

Saturday, December 13, 2025

Transcon’s Season Wrap Up Bull & Female Sale Neepawa, MB

Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Southern Alberta Simmental Round-Up 32nd Annual Bull & Female Sale Stavely, AB

Saturday, December 20, 2025

Transcon’s Fleckvieh Equation Fullblood Simmental Sale

Transcon’s Ultimate Red & Black XXVIII Simmental Sale

Transcon’s White Gold Charolais Sale Red Deer, AB

Monday, December 20-22, 2025

Transcon’s National Trust - On Ice Sale - Online

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